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...want to isolate children in a world of make-believe," observed Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas, 58-year-old Manhattan school principal. "But with international conditions what they are, any small happiness that can be provided to counterbalance harsh realities is a fine thing." Fifty years ago, she gained fame of a sort by writing to the New York Sun and receiving in reply the much-reprinted, beamingly sentimental editorial: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...
Best performances of the day were turned in by Yardling Jack Fisher in the shot put when he tossed the iron ball 52 ft., 6% in., and by Ken Hanlon, whose brothers Paul and A1, followed in the footsteps of his and won the 600 in the good time...
Outstanding on the Holy Cross team are John Hanlon, star half-back on the football team, at first base, Bruno Malinowski, bruising full back and a heavy hitter in right field, and Alex Nahigian, also dangerous at the plate, in left field...
Brooklyn had nurtured flashy teams before. In 1890, the year Brooklyn joined the National League, their ball club, then known as the Bridegrooms, ran away with the pennant. At the turn of the century, under foxy Ned Hanlon, Brooklyn won the pennant twice (1899 and 1900), were promptly nicknamed the Superbas-after Hanlon's Superbas, a famed burlesque troupe of that era. In 1916 and 1920, guided by beloved Wilbert ("Uncle Robbie") Robinson, the newly dubbed Dodgers (originally Trolley Dodgers, because Brooklynites were constantly dodging ballpark-bound trolleys) again proved the class of the league...
...GOOD AS MURDERED - James O'Hanlon-Random House ($2). Rib-tickler about young Jason Cordry, Hollywooder, who just can't finish any of the mystery stories he writes. One gets finished for him when a shooting prompts him to try the hero's role in real life. Goofy but good...