Word: gray
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Morris Hillquit, labor representative on the I.L.G.W.U. and Manufacturers Board of Arbitration. A distinguished lawyer and second only to Eugene Debs as a leading figure in U.S. Socialism, he was one of the founders of the I.L.G.W.U. and its "Gray Eminence of the conference room...
Tallulah Bankhead probably takes the leading role, but all of the characters, including Canada Lee, who puts in a masterful performance, and William "Smacksie" Bendix of "Wake Island" fame, seem chosen perfectly for their respective roles. With so limited a backdrop as the gray Atlantic, Hitchcock provides his audience with plenty of fast-talking aboard the boat. The arguments presented by the different characters, ranging from the socialism of the black gang to the utter sophistication of a Bankhead as a lady reporter and of a millionaire friend, are likewise honest in their interpretation. Hitchcock has scored again...
...Armed Whacker. Pete Gray of Nanticoke, Pa., a regular outfielder for the Memphis Chicks, knocked a homer over a 20-ft. fence 330 ft. from home plate in a Southern Association game at Chattanooga's Engel Stadium. He has no right arm. Batting against Pitcher Bob Albertson of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the cocky, 28-year-old slugger let two wild ones go by, then clouted his way around on the kind of pitch he dreams about-waist-high and a little inside. Said Gray: "It sure felt good...
...Pete Gray's right arm is cut off close to the shoulder. He plays with sleight-of-hand artistry. In fielding a ball, he lets it hit his glove, flips it into the air, tucks the glove under the stub of his arm, plucks the ball from the air, and throws it-all in one continuous, rabbit-quick motion...
Also on the credit side of the ledger for the Gray Sweepswingers is the experience they gained from rowing two normal races this spring. In addition the bating of most of last year's varsity veterans, retained because the Services have not depleted Tech ranks as heavily as they have those of the Crimson, will count for M. I. T. In the Annapolis regatta Tech finished second in a dead heat with Navy, the undisputed champion crew season, but in the Cornell race lost of a length to Navy on a two mile course...