Word: balle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Franklin Jr. had a well-prepared little statement for newsmen: "My only political intention is to represent my constituents of the 20th District of New York . . . I'm not a crystal-ball gazer, and therefore don't go any further than the immediate foreseeable future." Later, he went to the White House to assure President Truman of his loyalty. "We had a nice chat," reported Congressman Roosevelt. "I told him there was no question that I was a member of ... the team of which he was captain and quarterback." A reporter wanted to know if he felt...
...Streets. Eddie didn't die. After removing some of the clotted blood from his lung, the doctors said he would play ball again. He sat up in bed and tolerantly described Ruth as a "Baseball Annie," one of an army of hero-worshiping teen-age girls who follow players around. He was kind of puzzled, though: "I don't know what got into that silly honey. Why pick on a nice guy like me?" After a second operation he learned that Ruth wasn't taking things too hard and lost his temper: "She seems to think this...
...Cleveland's Municipal Stadium a fortnight ago, 61,523 fans looked on glumly as Bob Feller got his lumps. The New York Yankees clubbed him for seven runs in the first inning. In the press box somebody cracked that the catcher was throwing the ball back harder than Feller was throwing it in. Was the Cleveland Indians' great pitcher washed up at 30? As he plodded off to the shower, with the Yankees still at bat, Bob Feller was the droop-shouldered picture of discouragement...
...Runyon script spiced with Hope's gags plus a racehorse, a moppet, and Lucille Ball--that's "Sorrowful Jones." And it's good, too, because Hope is not just the joke machine of the "Road" pictures, but a completely developed character from one of Runyon's best stories. True, there's plenty of the old Hope slapstick and a dozen of those gun-in-back wisecracks, but there's also a human being, Sorrowful Jones, the bookie, reacting to everything around him. It's good, moreover, because Lucille Ball Jerks tears with her smile of love and because the moppet...
...Sorrowful Jones" is a refreshing departure from the routine of Hope pictures. Laecille Ball, Mary Jane Sanders, and a host of very competent supporting actors take over very well for the Crosby-Lamour due. But the script is the big thing; with a real character to portray and with a wealth of Runnyon's humorous situations to draw upon, Hope is the best he's been in years...