Word: frisch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...current Entomological News, Dr. Rudolf G. Schmieder of the University of Pennsylvania told how science has learned these signs and put them to use. First to interpret the bee law of dance and scent was Professor Karl von Frisch of the University of Munich. Near a hive he placed a square of cardboard perfumed with bergamot oil, and on it a dish full of sugar syrup. Fifty yards away he arranged a row of cards. None offered syrup, but each had a different scent. One was oil of bergamot...
...inning of a four-game series between the rowdy Pittsburgh Pirates and the noisy Brooklyn Dodgers. Umpire George Barr called Pirate Bob Elliott out at home, and got not-too-gently pushed for his pains. He promptly ordered Elliott out of the game. When Manager Frank (ex-"Fordham Flash") Frisch hurled a caustic comment from the bench, he too got the royal thumb. Elliott drew a $50 fine from National League president Ford Frick; Frisch was fined...
...Pittsburgh's Pirates, who have practically the same well-balanced club that finished a far-off second to the Cardinals last season, may find it hard going without the managerial magic of Frankie Frisch, who is sicker with inflammatory arthritis than most people think...
...Phillies are not a great ball club, perhaps not even a good one, according to peacetime standards. But Manager Harris is working wonders with the material at hand. No martinet, like the Pirates' Frankie Frisch or the Dodgers' Leo Durocher, he gives his players plenty of rope, never rides them, never drives them, plays no favorites...
...Nieman Fellows are a group of journalistic students who were enticed away from their typewriters long enough to go down to the Indoor Athletic Building and scoop the labor men by a score of 28 to 20. Starring for the Union men were Ray Frisch another mad hatter, and "Two Way Stretch" Pfeffer from the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. The outstanding players for the journalists were "Scooper" Ethridge, former college star, and "Copy...