Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dapper, pudgy Committee Chairman J. Parnell Thomas was the Government's star witness. After he had given a dramatic reading of the transcript of Lawson's testimony before the committee, he was cross-examined. His aggressive, cocksure manner gone, he hedged and fidgeted as he was asked if he had been active as the committee's chairman. It took swarthy Defense Lawyer Ben Margolis five tries before he wrung from Thomas the reply: "Well, I don't want to be facetious or even egotistical, but I would say yes to that question...
Ordinarily a fair weather fanatic, baseball coach Dolph Samborski won't be too sorry if it rains today. This afternoon the Varsity nine faces Holy Cross, one of the stronger clubs in the rural regions, at Worcester, and Samborski still isn't sure he has a starting pitcher...
Pessimism may well be in order, however, for Holy Cross has a good hitting team led by Bob Curran of basketball fame...
...story at Worcester is similar, with no Kaftans or Cousys to help out on the cinders. Last spring, in a tri meet against the Cross and Boston College, Coach Mikkola's team scored 103 points. It could happen again this afternoon, with a 5-3-2-1 scoring system...
Another Saturday, another track meet. Holy Cross and Boston University are the targets for this afternoon, and if the Crimson doesn't rip through them like a 45 caliber slug going through tissue paper, a lot of people will be surprised. Harvard hurdler Pat McCormick (above) rates as one of the surer winners...