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...Kennedy's entry into politics came in 1946, when he ran successfully for the House from the 11th Massachusetts Congressional District, which included East Boston, Charlestown. Somerville, Cambridge, and Harvard. He served three terms...
Ragtag it may be. But amateur football has its dedicated following. When Charlestown won Boston's Senior League championship in 1959, 17,000 rooters were on hand, and one fan got so excited that he drove his Cadillac onto the field and rammed it into the goal posts until they finally fell down. Every evening, outside Jack the Barber's one-chair barbershop on Bunker Hill Street, scores of youngsters gather to ogle the neighborhood heroes, talking football inside. They wheedle and whine until Star Townie Halfback Nippy Nolan agrees-as he always does-to perform the stunt...
...half time, and the Charlestown Townies trailed the Brighton Knights 14-0. Alongside the Charles River, just a long pass from Harvard Stadium, the Townies sprawled behind a field house, puffing cigarettes and listening to Coach Jack ("The Barber") Luiselli. "When you hit the bums," Luiselli growled, "you got to put them down for good. Look, two touchdowns isn't the end of the world. I don't believe in all that alma mater stuff, but you guys are from Charlestown and you play football because you love the game. Let's go." The Townies shuffled back...
...Last season Minneapolis' South Side All-Stars lost 18 out of 40 men, two to broken legs, four to broken collarbones and twelve to "leg punctures"-caused by football cleats penetrating skin and muscle. But no matter. In nine seasons, Linebacker Walter ("Shorty") Sullivan of the Charlestown Townies has dislocated a shoulder, torn a knee cartilage and lost most of his visible front teeth. At 30, he still plays. "It relieves my tensions," he says...
Although David Hammack's long essay on Urban Renewal in Boston reads occasionally like a Soc Sci 136 paper, it does manage to explore in considerable detail the politics and character of neighborhood redevelopment in the West End district and Charlestown. Hammack's work shows impressive familiarity with urban renewal problems on both the local and national levels...