Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...casual athlete who can only operate with bursts of energy. The technique, practised wherever there is ice in New England, is to chip a simple hole in the ice, drop a hook and bait into the water. At the other end of the line you attach a wooden bob with a violent red flag on a short length of stick and lay same on the ice next to the hole...
Except for the spots vacated by Ray and Louria, Jordan's lineup is fairly constant. This means Dave Coombs at 121, Dave Smith at 128, Roger Wach at 136, Bob Claflin at 175, and Howie Houston, unlimited. The 145-pound slot is also somewhat doubtful...
Last week the group tried to persuade comedian Bob Hope and singer Doris Day to entertain the freshmen. Both regretfully turned down the invitations, saying that they had "always wanted to come to Harvard, but crowded schedules prevented...
Some ten minutes after this correspondent had settled himself at the Savoy the other night to listen to Bob Wilber and Edmond Hall perform on their clarinets, the young lady accompanying him asked, "What's that thing that other little man's playing...
This opinion bears out this department's long-held thesis that good athletes are born and not made, although it may undermine the American Legion's baseball schemes, and wreak have with Bob Feller's royalties from "Strikeout Story...