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...Medwick, Johnny Allen. When he was through pruning, only 14 of the 34 spring players remained. With few exceptions, other clubs could find no new material worth buying. In St. Paul, Rickey found 6 ft. 6½ in. First Baseman Howard Schultz; in Montreal, Outfielder Luis Olmo; in Durham, Outfielder Gene Hermanski. He brought in other youngsters. He asked 20,000 school and semi-pro coaches to name their best players, so far has seen 3,700 of them at 15 try-out camps (estimated cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Battle of Brooklyn | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

Coming to Harvard from a STAR unit at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, this first contingent will take preliminary quarters in Mather Hall of Leverett House. The whole detachment of 790 was expected to arrive yesterday and today, but now the remaining 570 newcomers are slated for appearance in Cambridge any time between now and September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 80 Army Men Arrive Today | 8/10/1943 | See Source »

With their arrival from a number of STAR Units, one of which was at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, some of the incoming AST men will supplement the group already taking the Advanced Phase of Foreign Area and Language Study while the majority will embark upon the study of two courses newly added to the prescribed curriculum, Basic and Advanced Engineering. The other two units which have been here since June 1 are in Personnel Psychology and Medical Training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 790 AST MEN COMING MONDAY WILL FILL LEVERETT AND WINTHROP | 8/6/1943 | See Source »

Outside of Manhattan's sweaty "Jacobs Beach," shrine of U.S. fisticuffs, the boxingest place in the U.S. is probably Camp Butner, near Durham, N.C. There every soldier boxes as a regular part of his physical training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fighting 78th | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...when you came upon Bull Durham labels you were damn near the front line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 10, 1943 | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

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