Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East last year with a 6-8 league mark, the Lions finished the season with a rush by winning five of their last six games, one of 7-6 victory over Harvard. Coach John Balquist in this his 21st season at Columbia boasts starters at every position but catcher...
...starting line-up, which was particularly uncertain, this spring, is beginning to straighten out. "We'll be strong up the middle," said Park, "at catcher, pitcher, shortstop, second base, and center...
Harvard, which had its best season ever last year--finishing fifth in the nation and making the World Series of college baseball--will be "reconstructing," according to Park. "We lost our catcher, first baseman, one outfielder, and three of our four top pitchers," Park said...
...fall some acerbic sidelights on conductors he has known. Willem Mengelberg: "A very arrogant man. I think he was sure he looked like Beethoven." Artur Rodzinski: "The kind of fellow who made the musicians give him a birthday party at his own house." Seiji Ozawa: "An audience eye-catcher. More than that I can't say about him." Well, one thing more: "He's an egomaniac." Tympanist Goodman's own weakness-or perhaps strength-is a Casey Stengelian war with words. Conductor Lorin Maazel recalls Goodman's indignation over the original acoustics in Lincoln Center...
GLENDON HACKNEY Indianapolis Holden Caulfield Today Sir / Many thanks for Stefan Kanfer's Essay "Holden Today" [Feb. 7]. Yes, Holden Caulfield, the 16-year-old hero of The Catcher in the Rye, is already one of the immortals of American literature...