Sport: Nature Boy

In Griffin, Ga., last week, a lanky high-school senior struck out his 18th batter in seven innings, and clinched the ballgame, 6-4. Pitcher Hugh Frank Radcliffe, 19, was pitching the kind of ball that had already brought major-league scouts to his doorstep. It was his fourth victory in four starts, and boosted his current season's record total to a sizzling 86 strike-outs in 33⅓ innings (an average of 2.6 strike-outs an inning). A week earlier he struck out 28 men in nine innings (the catcher couldn't handle Radcliffe's fast drop on one third...

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