Word: batons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...audience of Boston's most straight-laced playhouse, the playhouse where a drunken Harvard football team had been refused admittance voiced its displeasure at the undue length of this overture by stamping its feet and clapping its hands long before the conductor had given the final wave of his baton. No steps were taken by the Tremont officials to evict the originators of this original stunt, nor did the burly arm of the law interpose to silence the whistles and catcalls that encouraged Mr. Fairbanks to greater amatory efforts...
...strolls vaguely in from the wings. He bows. Puzzled applause from the audience?murmurs of "But good heavens, Victoria, where is the orchestra? . . . Down behind that backdrop? . . . I think it is simply too quaint. . . ." That no orchestra lurks behind the backdrop is clearly demonstrated when Mr. Stokowski raises his baton and the scrannel strains of the violin and cello tremble, quite unsupported, in the hostile air. . . . Now another musician comes in. He carries a horn and a handkerchief and flops down in the first convenient seat; after a premonitory groan, his brass assaults the tune. . . . The piccolo players, the drummer...
...Koussevitsky conducted the performance with his usual verve and spirit and when that is said there is really no need for further comment. Mr. Koussevitsky has the faculty, unfortunately too rare, in conductors of getting the utmost out of the score as well as from the musicians under his baton. It has been said that an orchestra is largely the conductor, and this may be taken as a case in point. M. Koussevitsky brought the best out of the singers and players alike in a way worthy of the plaudits which the house showered upon...
...Freshman baton men will face an exceptionally formidable Yale outfit, which will probably be made up of Nolan, Monroe, O'Brien and Paxton. Coach Farrell will choose four men from O'Connell, Ciernan, Smith, Tupper, Eulzman, and Deman to represent the Crimson first year men. The Dartmouth Freshman team which races the Harvard 1929 outfit in the triangular meet with Cornell at Dartmouth on February 27, will be seen in action in the Freshman Intercollegite one-mile race. The Green University teams will also be seen in action, racing against Brown and Syracuse...
...relay O'Neil dropped five yards on the opening stretch, and Haggerty lost five more. However, ten yards were thrown away each time the baton was passed, as Holy Cross was more adept at this art. Watters managed to hold his rival about even, and Kane in a piece of fine running made up all but five yards of the distance between himself and his man, but could not quite breast the thread ahead...