Word: gleason
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Danny Gleason was orphaned at 12, quit school after the grades, got a job as a New York policeman, spent seven long years shunting traffic daytimes, studying hard for his high-school diploma at night. In 1932 the Congregation of Holy Cross accepted his vocation, sent him to Notre Dame. After eight years of near-top marks in college and seminary, he was finally ordained. Last week, from Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral, where they had just heard the Rev. Daniel Maria Gleason, C.S.C., sing his first High Mass, trooped 3,500 blue-uniformed cops...
...ninth inning Gleason accounted for the last two counters with a single through the infield. Captain "Pooch" Haley and Bud Waldstein formed the nucleus of the outfield while Bart Harvey, Art Scully, Bill Barnes, and Gleason filled out an errorless infield. Bob Axtell did a creditable job at the backstop post...