Word: cooke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shepard has not divulged his pitching plans for the latter part of the week, but the best guess is that Wally Cook will start against Dartmouth, and that Wadsworth will be returned to action against Yale. This would leave Byron Johnson for relief-pitching--a job which Johnson is particularly well-qualified to handle, because of his fine control. All three men have performed well in recent games...
After 20 years and many thousands of kronen, the heroine is flabbergasted to discover that her nephew never became a priest at all. He makes his living as a smalltime photographer and petty swindler, and he curses the old cook for ruining his life by sending him to a seminary. Shattered, the old woman makes a pilgrimage to Rome to do penance for what Werfel conceived as the sin of the century: the attempt to substitute power for love, money for meaning...
...film has its moving moments. The confrontation scene with the revolting young nephew has a slimy authenticity, and the cook's death is both sentimental and heartrending. The tour of Rome is fairly exciting, and some eye-filling episodes (Agfacolor) have been recorded in the Vatican. The main trouble with the picture: a bad screenplay that requires 14 actors, provides only two real parts...
...victory Friday over a weak Holy Cross team, the Crimson nine put on perhaps their best performance of the year. Pitcher Wally Cook, less effective earlier in the spring, held the Crusaders to only four hits, while the Crimson amassed twelve off straight-baller Eugene Malinowski...
...typically sparse Soldiers Field crowd watched a gusty wind aid Cook's curve, as he struck out eight, walking only two. Cook's control was marvelous, and he had the opposing batsmen off-balance throughout the game, giving his team a relatively easy day in the field...