Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make things interesting, the fledgling coach decided to move the veteran catcher of the 1937 squad, George Black-wood, to short while installing himself as catcher, to be better able to keep an eye on his team. Tom Bilodean and Dick Walsh were pitching for the first year men, but in spite of their skill the former mentor of the team managed to garner two hits out of his four times...
...count up on our fingers and see just where Harvard may stand in this affair. It has potential point scorers in 12 events and a break would fix up the Cambridge team. In the high hurdles Dick Hayes and jack Hayes are figured as fourth and fifth, which will not Harvard there points; Hasler is given fifth in the broad jump, adding one point to the Crimson score; Eddie Calvin and Pesky should take fourth and fifth in the 100, bringing the Crimson total up to seven points...
Crimson batting averages soared sky high at the same time, with the team as a whole garnering some 17 hits and never being at all severely pressed during the course of the engagement. Two of the men who came through with stellar performances at the plate were Dick Maguire, and Bill Prouty...
...remember of the book describes Dick's effort to refute the doctors' predictions and to retain his self-respect and professional position in the face of Nicole's enormous wealth. Perhaps he might have succeeded if he had not been disillusioned in his love for Rosemary Hoyt, a newcomer to their villa...
Attempting a very difficult task, Fitzgerald has acquitted himself admirably. The contrast of the building up of Nicole after a bad start and the disintegration of Dick whose early start had been phenomenal is skillfully balanced and interestingly developed. "Tender is the Night" is well written, full of action, and true to life