Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brooklyn 2, Philadelphia...
Those of Senior standing elected are: Alan S. Cohen '47 of Dorchester; Norman Geschwind '46 of Dunster House and Brooklyn; Henry B. Helson '47 of Adams House and Bryn Mawr, Pa.; and Ivan I. Morris '46 of Manchester, Mass...
...being classified as emergency, the long-distance call from Cincinnati got through last week. It interrupted a strategy meeting of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Branch Rickey picked up the phone, grunted "Hello," and listened. From a lifetime's practice he managed to keep what was in his mind from showing on his face. Said he to the Dodger road secretary: "Chandler has fined...
Rickey's small audience, expecting no more, said nothing. Rickey, immovable in his large office chair, went on: "He has fined the New York and Brooklyn clubs $2,000 each." Said one of his lieutenants, "Aw, let's get on with the meeting." Rickey paused a moment. Then, looking straight at Manager Leo Durocher, he said, "And he has suspended you for one year...
There was anguish in Brooklyn; the betting odds on the Dodgers' pennant chances lengthened. The Harvard Crimson wanted Leo hired as assistant coach of Harvard's baseball team. A Brooklyn Congregational Church group petitioned Chandler to reinstate Durocher. Though there were some who thought The Lip had long been asking for trouble, sportswriters generally agreed that Durocher had been hit with a beanball. Said the New York Herald Tribune's Sports Editor Stanley Woodward: "Knowing he was under fire for timidity, Chandler took refuge in overaction . . . .the most colossal piece of injustice and bravado yet perpetrated...