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Detroit has been without a major orchestra since its main symphony backer, Industrialist Henry H. Richhold (chemicals), pulled out, purse and person (TIME, Sept. 5, 1949). Last week, following the lead of Detroit music critics, the town was beginning to get fired up over the idea of trying again. J. Dorsey Callaghan, the Detroit Free Press critic, even went so far as to ask "a conductor whose musical reputation is an international one" as to his availability for a job. In answer to his question, old (76) Serge Koussevitzky, who turned over his Boston Symphony to Charles Munch last year...
Defensive guard Dick Heldtmann, the other major casually Saturday, has a 50-50 chance to play this week. He is expected to test his injured log tomorrow. an encouraging note was the return to action of Buddy Lemay, a defensive line backer, who spent last week in Stillman with a kidney injury...
Linebacker Buddy Lemay is still in the hospital being examined for a kidney disorder, but guard Jerry Kanter, who was bruised in the Army game, worked out yesterday and Jordan hopes to be able to use him against Dartmouth. Center Paul O'Brien will take over Lemay's backer-up spot and Bob Fallon is likely to start in Kanter's position...
...looked down at the table, and noticed that the nickels in the secondary were overshifted. He placed them properly and spun the quarter again. This time it ran head on into the center backer-up and was thrown for a two-yard loss, slowly subsiding onto the beery table...
...defensive team will line up with either Isenberg or Ossman as left side backer up with center Paul O'Brien on the right side. Burke and Warden or Ray will handle the halfback chores, and Wylie or Duback will man the safety spot...