(Encyclopedia) Maris, Roger EugeneMaris, Roger Eugenemărˈĭs [key], 1934–85, American baseball player, b. Hibbing, Minn. He played (1957–59) for Cleveland and the Kansas City Athletics before joining…
RUTH Earl Baker , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Spencer, Rowan County,
N.C., February 7, 1916; graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, N.C.,
1934; A.B., University of North…
(Encyclopedia) Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw…
(Encyclopedia) Huggins, Miller James, 1878–1929, American baseball player and manager, b. Cincinnati. The diminutive “Mighty Mite” was a scrappy second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds (1904–9) and St…
