Word: crackerjacks
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...might well have played that day. An undefeated Dartmouth team crushed the Crimson 32 to 9. Crosby scored the varsity's only touchdown, and after the game Indian coach Jesse Hawley said: "Of the Harvard men I think most highly of young Crosby, the sophomore back. He's a crackerjack now and should go far before his football days are over." The CRIMSON broke into its own headlines that Saturday by promising a special extra to hit the streets right after the game was over. The Crimeds were celebrating the tenth anniversary of their new building and a six page...
Chief Justice Fred Vinson, once a favorite of Harry Truman's at the poker table, is a regular at Ike's bridge table. A crackerjack player, good-humored Fred Vinson has never been known to get openly riled at a partner's misplay. Another regular is Air Secretary Harold Talbott. who has a competitive spirit to match Ike's, and plays an equally smart game. Among occasional players: Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, Under Secretary of State Bedell Smith; Banker Clifford Roberts; Newspaper Executive William E. Robinson, Bridge Master Oswald Jacoby. (Says Jacoby: "The President plays better...
Dave Alpers--Wilson calls him "another crackerjack"--and Bob Morrison force each other to better and better times in the 600. Alpers is ahead now, with 1:15.4 against Morrison's 1:15.6. Morrison lost his appendix just before the season opened, but bounced back to win an NAAU varsity title at the Providence games...
...Spencer is almost as baffling as he is brilliant. A crackerjack technician, he earns his living by grinding out neat, sunny scenes of the Berkshire countryside around his home town of Cookham (pop. 6,000). Collectors scrabble for them, but compared with his serious paintings Spencer's landscapes are impressive bores. His real work is illustrating the Bible, in pictures that reflect his love of complex patterns and muted color. They are strictly Cookham and often tantalizingly obscure...
...season to look like a tired and slightly bored businessman, slouched back on one heel, his shoulders drooping, when he is on station in left field. Nonetheless, his long legs cover a lot of territory, his long arms take in a lot of sky, and he works slickly with crackerjack Center-Fielder Dom ("The Little Professor") DiMaggio (Joe's little brother). Despite legend and his own old scorn of the fielder's art, Ted has become one of the best outfielders in the big time...