Word: davision
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Basil O'Connor, solid, slick-haired onetime law partner of President Roosevelt, head of his pet philanthropy, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, was appointed by the President to a new $12,000-a-year post: Chairman of the American Red Cross, succeeding the late Norman Hezekiah Davis.
"We just didn't get the pitching," said "Crash," in referring to the poor finishes his club made in '40 and '41, "but we had a great outfield--Chapman, Moses, and Johnson." Johnson especially rates high praise, for according to the Chief, "Bob Johnson is one of the greatest competitive...
Will ball players be able to come back to baseball after the war if they were in the service? "Not if they're in their thirties," claimed the Cannon, Georgia, product, "especially if they've laid off for a long time." 25-year-old Davis gives players such as Greenberg...
"Competitive spirit," according to Davis, makes a ball player. Had he seen any prospects on the Harvard club? Jack Wallace looked pretty good to the B-team coach. "I get a real kick out of coaching, and it keeps me in shape for baseball." At that point the genial CPO...
"Crash" Davis' B nine will play tomorrow afternoon also, at Tufts, the game starting at 3:30 o'clock. Dunn, shortstop on Davis squad, hit a homer in Wednesday's practice game and is making a strong bid for a berth in the Varsity infield.