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Originally, the county was inhabited by Sartorises, Varners and Comptons. Now it is just about all Snopeses-the twins, Bilbo and Vardaman Snopes, Wallstreet Panic Snopes, Admiral Dewey Snopes, Byron and Virgil Snopes and Montgomery Ward Snopes. (The reader is grateful for an occasional mnemonic rhyme, e.g., one Snopes is called Eck, "the one with the broken neck.") Malignant, hated, despised, physically maladroit, the Snopeses prevail over better men by their rapacity and lack of pride or shame. They are like monkeys on the backs of men, and they move to "the blind glare of the blind money...
...Byron Johnson will pitch for the junior varsity nine this afternoon when they face an untried Brandeis squad. The Crimson should have a good chance of defeating the Judges, as Ken Hathaway and Jim Shue, jayvee standouts, will return after an absence of three games...
Behind a thirteen hit attack on the part of his teammates, pitcher Bill Prescott loafed to a 10-8 triumph over the University of New Hampshire. Prescott struck out 10, but needed support in the ninth from Byron Johnson...
Defensively the Crimson was also impressive, with pitchers Byron Johnson and Bill Prescott limiting the Airmen to only seven hits and one unearned run. Johnson, who pitched the first five innings, allowed only four hits while striking out two and walking none. Prescott was only slightly less effective in the last four innings, giving up three hits and two walks for one unearned...
...Byron Johnston will start as pitcher for the Crimson, according to coach John Caulfield. The J.V. squad should hold the edge this afternoon...