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Show MUFFS FIRST FLY $ IN TWELVE YEARS Q Those fans who saw Larry Q Q Doyle set himself squarely un- n ) der a pop fly from the bat of A Casey Stengel in the first inning y of a recent game between the (J U Giants and Pirates, get the ball u A in his hands and allow it to slip )) x through his clutching fingers to v the ground, are hereby informed V Q that they witnessed a very rare Q h thing. To be specific, Doyle hod Q A not made an error of just that sort for twelve long years that (J is, he had not muffed a fly ball 0 Q under which he had time to set- Q A tie himself for the catch. He A blamed his recent defection on v the fact that he had not yet fully v Q recovered from the injury to his Q Q head. His head, he says, fairly A X swam as he scrambled backward to get under the looping pellet, V Q and he was so dizzy that he Q Q could barely get his hands on Q ) the ball, to say nothing of hold- A . ing it firmly. |