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...opener with all the trimmings, the pre-game ceremonies began with a flashy band that marched smartly around the outfield for a while, rayon pants glinting in the sun and chin straps fixed fiercely under chins. Then at a signal, the band marched into seats on the grandstand and governor Christian A. Herter threw out the first ball, at least according to the announcer. No one, I believe, actually saw the Governor in all the crowd. The ball just popped out of somewhere and the cather grabbed it. Overhead a plane flew by with the banner, "Murphy for Governor." Scraps...
...Grandstand Play. In Darwin, Australia, aborigines staged a rainmaking dance as part of a native-dance festival, had to stop when a downpour drenched the area...
...drums go bang and the cymbals clang And the top brass blaze away, McCarthy plays the big baboon And Stevens jades away. The country's in hysterics, Such tunes were never heard. Molotov sits in the grandstand And applauds the discordant play...
Among nervous city officials at election time memories are short and faces long. The political play is to the grandstand and every gimmick scores points. This explains the sudden crackdown on Boston's emporia of hotcyed culture, the Old Howard and Casino burlesque (or burlesk, in the Casino's cas) house...
Soldiers' Feild was put to immediate use and became the scene of Harvard's athletic contests. A battered wooden grandstand was used to accommodate spectators...