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...other first stringers from last year, Burgy Ayres and Dick fiesta, participating in other sports, were not on hand. Charley Spreyer and Hank Vander Eb, backfield stars of last November's Penn game, also took no part in the spring pigskin picture. Charlie has been in New Haven and Hammering has had to spend all his afternoons...
...were in front of the Indians and Yankees. The Little Brownies, with as good a percentage (.500) as the Yankees, were in front of the Tigers. Many a fan was ready to wager that the Browns will finish ahead of the Tigers this year. Reason: hard-hitting Hank Greenberg, the Tigers' most valuable player, was placed in Class I A by a Detroit draft board last week, will be called for military service within a fortnight...
...bitter pitchers' battle in the softball league between Bill Brown of Dunster and Jim Monkman of Leverett featured the start of the spring schedule in House athletics yesterday. Late into the afternoon the struggle went on, but a clean single by Hank Maxwell in the last half of the final seventh inning scored Rog Cresman from seventh to give the Leverett stalwarts a narrow 23 to 22 decision...
Counteracting the news about Lee comes the report that two of Harlow's most dependable backfield men, Charley Spreyer and Hank Vander Eb may be able to return to school next fall. Both drew low numbers in the draft, but they have applied for the Marine service and are at present awaiting their acceptance papers. Vander Eb has already passed the rigorous physical exam...
Last week the whole question was exemplified in the case of one of baseball's highest-paid players ($35,000 or more)- Tiger Henry ("Hank") Greenberg, homerun champion (41) and "most valuable" player of the American League last year. Outfielder Greenberg, 30, unmarried, no dependents, local draft No. 621, was due to be called in midseason. With him, Detroit was a formidable ball club; without him, it might be just average. In Manhattan last week, on his way to join the Tigers, Hank Greenberg spoke a marmoreal mouthful: ". . . When my number comes up, I'm going...