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Died. Frank Andrew Burrell, 95, oldest former major league baseball player in the U.S., a catcher who first used the snap throw from a home-plate crouch; of cancer; in Weymouth, Mass...
That grand slammer, Sammy Snead, 49, boasts the most naturally graceful swing in big-time golf, and last week he proved that he also has the most relaxed crouch. Retrieving his ball from the scraggly rough at Miami's Doral Country Club, he resembled nothing more than a praying mantis at bay. After which he slapped his next shot spang on the green, went on to pick up $700 in the pro-am prelude to the Miami open invitational...
Zeffirelli makes them exuberantly violent. When Romeo and Tybalt square off for battle, they crouch like street fighters, foils in one hand, poniards in the other. None of that crossed-swords jazz. This is a rumble, man. In the turnabout of dramatic history, Romeo and Juliet has become, in a sense, an adaptation of West Side Story. It is probably one of the best productions ever given the play...
After the war, Thurmond returned to South Carolina where, in 1946, he ran for Governor and was elected. In the statehouse. Thurmond dictated a letter to his attractive secretary. Jean Crouch: "My darling Jean, Loving you as I do, I want you to be my wife without too much delay." Miss Crouch, 23 years younger than the Governor, without a word returned to her office and typed out her acceptance...
...mood of despair persists. The composition of his landscapes is brilliant; but the landscape is so clogged with color that it becomes airless, a kind of prison. In the figure paintings, his creatures are chalky, emaciated scarecrows that stare out from cruel masklike faces. They accuse, torture, mock; they crouch on each others shoulders, ride each other's naked backs. To a large extent, the theme of Jan Müller's work is humanity devouring itself...