Word: fanning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Monotonous. That's what it is, monotonous. When balmy April breezes blow dirt around the infield and stir the fervor of the fan, then the would-be pundit seeks an original prediction to shock and startle his readers. But every spring that same breeze seems to flutter the pennant flags over New York and Brooklyn and the resigned scribe reluctantly picks the two old warhorses at either end of the BMT subway line...
...Eastern colleges must bring themselves to the standards of Yale; and Yale must not lower itself to take on equals and superiors. Only in this way can the demands of the fan be reconciled with those of the Athletic Association and the team itself...
...afraid to report the couple to the police because he had vouched for them. The ten days stretched into months, the visas expired, but the Grimeses stayed on and fought. "We had brought American film magazines along with us to show the children," said Grimes. "Monica became a fan of Gregory Peck and Tony Curtis. We told her she could see their films in America and that just about won the battle...
Fats Waller First Editions (Joe Sullivan, piano; Epic LP). Eight unpublished Waller compositions, from blue moods to impudent bounces, played by one of Chicago's alltime greats, Joe Sullivan. No Waller fan will complain if most of the longs sound like his familiar Honeysuckle Rose or Ain't Misbehavin...
...Louis fans, at any rate, are not likely to agree. Gussie has already done too much for their Cards. A couple of years ago he was little more than an avid fan; then he went on a hunting trip with Outfielder Stan Musial. "Why don't you buy the Cards?" asked "Stan the Man." "Not a chance in the world," said Gussie. But, not long after, Cardinals Owner Fred Saigh was convicted of income-tax evasion and forced to sell the team (TIME, March 2, 1953). Gussie got his chance, and he jumped at it. In one year...