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HARVARD ARMY Keyes, ss 2b, Ford Hausserman, cf ss, Pol Harvey, 2b 1b, Corley Tully, 1b cf, Garland Buckley, rf rf, G'Keyson Clay, lf lf, Berra Whittmere, 3b 3b, Rickman Reagan, cf cf, White Schwede, p p, Atkinson Ayres...
West Point's southpaw hurler, Johnny Atkinson, was wild to the tune of seven walks, but his slowball put such a jinx on traditional Harvard sluggers Buckley and Clay that he held the Crimson to six hits and pulled out with a 7-2 victory. He lasted out the entire game. Jack Schwede pitched the first five innings for Harvard and allowed five runs. Burgy Ayres finished the game...
...rally against two Army scores in the first inning and three more in the fifth, Bart Harvey poled out one-third of the total Crimson hits, and deserves much of the credit for momentary successes in both the third and the ninth innings. The sixth inning looked hopeful when Atkinson issued three of his passes to fill the Crimson bases, but illusions fell through when the Army tosser fanned Ayres for the third...
...game rested on Army's ability to bear down whenever Harvard was in scoring position, except in the third and the ninth. Schwede and Ayres together allowed one less walk than Atkinson, but Harvard hitters couldn't handle the Atkinson grapefruit well enough to bring any of them home, while the Army saw three of theirs materialize into runs...
Popsy (by Fred Herendeen, produced by Theodore Hammerstein & Denis Du-For) depicted an aging mathematics pro fessor whose dream of retiring was temporarily balked by his daughters' marital troubles. Critic Brooks Atkinson (New York Times} :;"... one of the worst plays ever written. Man and boy, this column has not looked at its like since the days of Boudoir." Broadway audiences continually wonder how so many flops get produced. One reason: even the best producers make mistakes. Another was suggested fortnight ago in Variety, by Producer Oscar Serlin (of the hit comedy Life With Father). He took a lusty...