Word: clocker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...track by publishing a largely misleading list of possibilities. In fact, only one of our choices received the Call to the Black Robes in 1957. This year, however the CRIMSON takes the wraps off a genuine list of inside tips compiled with the aid of local racetrack prognosticator Clocker Spanielle...
...Clocker Spanielle, the CRIMSON'S sporting prognosticator, roused himself from his winter torpor and let out an anguished howl. An acute case of spring fever had caused him to miss the opening of the baseball season...
...Clocker thought a minute. "You know," he said, "I missed spring training, but then you can't go by the Grapefruit League standings, anyhow." We showed him the National League standings and he gave a grunt of satisfaction. "That's just about the way I would have figured it," he mused. "Milwaukee will win the whole thing, but not without a fight from Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and St. Louis, who will finish in that order. The second division teams should give the leaders a good deal of trouble, but won't be too much in the running. Philadelphia will take fifth...
...fellows in the rain," a friend advised, "'causes the little ones catch cold too easily." Clocker did and lost $12. "Play your favorite number and then work backward through your family's middle names," another friend advised. Poor Clocker. He dropped...
...Clocker also learned dogs who are under or over the official weight by two pounds will be scratched