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...angry roar subsided; the tailors broke into cheers. They and their children and grandchildren have been cheering the paper ever since. For Ab Cahan's Forward, biggest U.S. Yiddish-language daily, has been the most influential single institution in helping many immigrants adjust to American life. Last week at a dinner in Manhattan's Hotel Commodore, 1,500 admirers paid tribute to Ab Cahan (rhymes with Don) in celebration of his 90th birthday and his 48th year as editor of the Forward. From President Truman, Britain's Herbert Morrison, Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion...
During Manhattan's bitter, bloody garment strike of 1913, a crowd of angry strikers hurled bricks through the windows of the Jewish Daily Forward, which was urging a settlement. Nervy, frail Editor Abraham ("Ab") Cahan, who had done as much as any man to stir the workers' rebellion against the sweatshops, came out to face the crowd. "Whose windows do tailors come to break?" he demanded. "It's just like a husband who comes home angry and fretful ... whacks the kids around and smashes dishes . . . Will he go into any other house to smash the dishes...
...eventually to net the Crimson ten runs on only four hits. Fifteen men came to bat in the 27-minute half inning and when it was over the keeper of the score board was trying to figure out how to put up the total. The Harvard box score: ab r h po a e Foynes, cf 3 3 1 4 0 0 Kobush, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kenny, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caulfield, 1b 3 2 2 3 1 0 Kenary, 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 White...
...score: ab r h po a e Foynes, cf 3 0 1 3 0 1 Caulfield, lb 3 0 1 5 0 0 White, ss 4 0 1 2 4 2 Crosby, c 4 0 0 7 0 0 Akillian, lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 Walsh, rf 2 1 1 2 0 0 Huntington, 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 Cavanaugh, 2b 2 0 0 2 1 0 aCarmen 1 0 0 0 0 0 Young, 2b 0 0 0 1 0 0 Turner, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 bReilly...
Cohodes, Eli Aaron '50, Combs, Preston Craig '50, Nutt, Charles Lee 3rd '50, Tobias, Paul Henry '51. This also gives Combs a Major H in Minor Colors. '53 Batting and Fielding Averages (participants in six games or more) Player G AB R H HR Pct. RBI SB PO A E Pct. Hubbard 7 13 7 5 0 .385 1 2 42 2 1 .978 Canepa 12 50 15 19 1 .380 8 9 32 29 3 .953 Smith 12 43 15 14 0 .349 10 5 18 3 2 .913 O'Connor...