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Watt's committee, will include John McC. Howison '47, of Dunster House and Bogata, Texas; Henry McN. Jones '45, of Adams House and New York City; and Lloyd S. Gilmour '49, of Straus Hall and Glen Head, Long Island, Harold W. Smith '44 and Kingsley Ervin, Jr. '45, presidents of the Advocate in 1942 and 1943 respectively, will act as advisers to the committee...
Henry Nichols Ervin...
...rest are manpower-hungry and struggling to shake off a second division complex. Yawkey's Red Sox have Batsmen Bob (.324) Johnson and Ervin (.315) Fox, little else. The loss of Third-Sacker Ken Keltner leaves Cleveland with but one top-drawer infielder, Shortstop-Manager Lou Boudreau. Dynamic Jimmy Dykes, Chicago White Sox manager, has high hopes that Rookie-Infielder Bill Nagel, a fence-buster from Milwaukee can fill the shoes of Hal Trosky. Weak behind the plate, strong on Cubans again. Washington is minus its only .300 hitter, Stan Spence. Philadelphia's Athletics hoped ex-Milwaukee Outfielder...
When he was seated inside the car the old man slapped his leg. "Yes, sir," he said, "this is fine." He recognized the grizzled porter, Lawrence Ervin, as he stepped up with a bottle of bonded bourbon. Said the old man, "Hello there, boy. How are you coming along? Glad to see you. Put a little branch water in there, son, yes sir. Harry, I never felt better in my life. I'll be 76 next month and I'm gonna live to 93. I get to bed early-and I still drink whiskey. Couldn't live...
When he climbed back down to the ground Ervin jumped down behind him and tucked a box of Truman's cigars under the old man's arm. Garner said, "Thank you. Thank you. These are mighty good.'' He stood, looking up, as the train began to roll away. Then he walked off, stopping once to strike a kitchen match expertly on the seat of his trousers and relight the frayed stump of his Mexican cigar...