Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most listeners find it hard to decide what it is about 39-year-old Violinist Spivakovsky's playing they like most. His technique is flawless, and his tone is big and humid. Some wonder if he gets both his tone and technique by holding his bow-arm elbow so high; orthodox violin teachers tell students who go to his concerts: "Listen but don't look." Wherever he gets it, Tossy's violin has power...
...Citation rate with wonder horses of the past? This week Handicapper Plaut pored over his form charts for 1920-Man o' War's big year-and came up with a 1920 Yardstick. Said he, reverently: "There never was a year like it." Plaut put a staggering 144 lbs. on the late, great "Big Red" (then came John P. Grier, 126; On Watch, 123; Upset, 122; Wildair...
...gave up the title he had defended 25 times in nearly twelve years and announced that he had turned promoter. His first venture, he said, would be a world's heavyweight championship bout between Jersey Joe Walcott and Cincinnati's Ezzard Charles, probably in Chicago, in June. Big Joe added that the match had the blessing of Abe Greene of Paterson, N.J., Commissioner of the National Boxing Association, and that the winner would be champion, at least in the 46 states (all but New York and Massachusetts) where N.B.A. controls fighting...
...guarding him, Tony did not rely solely on his trusty hook shot. He moved for the corners, tossed high-arching one-handed push shots, personally collected 32 points as Yale won, 71-55. As his last point of the game swished through the hoop on a free throw, a big cheer rocked the gym. Lavelli had made his 1,870th point as a Yale basketballer-just enough to tie the major college scoring mark set by the great George Mikan (TIME, Feb. 14) at De Paul University...
...impresarios of the big eye will not repeat the error made at Mt. Wilson. When the 100-inch telescope was first used, it performed so well and the astronomers were so interested in what it showed that they would not let go of it. The final perfecting adjustments were not properly made for 15 years...