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Fred W. ("Lucky") Hooper watched' quietly as a high-heeled man from Texas paced the paddock at Florida's Tropical Park one day last winter. "I'll bet twenty-five on the quarter-horse," barked the Texan. A passerby peeled two tens and a five from his roll and offered to take the bet. "Put that chicken feed back in your pocket," roared the Texan. "I mean twenty-five thousand...
...issue of the CRIMSON the 1949-50 Executive Board takes office. Members of the incoming board are John G. Simon '50, President: Sedgwick W. Green '50, Managing Editor; Thomas C. Simons '50, Business Manager; Charles W. Batley H '50, Editorial Chairman; Jacques E. Levy '49, Photographic Chairman; Bayard Hooper '50, Associate Managing Editor; Edward M. Cowett '51, Advertising Manager; Donald Carswell '50, Sports Editor...
From 8 p.m. on, a third network, ABC, entered the struggle for Sunday night listeners. With the freehanded giveaway show Stop the Music (19.2%) and Walter Winchell (who currently leads the field with the top Hooper of 29.7%), ABC has clearly distanced its older rivals. Hardest hit in the percentage battle is bag-eyed Fred Allen, who dropped below CBS's Adventures of Sam Spade, as well as ABC's Stop the Music...
...Allen, as usual, had the last word. Explaining the involved mysteries of Hooperatings to his (according to Hooper) diminishing audience, Allen said: "[Hooper] calls up a few people . . . and tells you how many listeners you have in the whole 48 states. It's like multiplying the bottom of a bird cage and telling you how many grains of sand there are in the Sahara Desert...
Jacques E. Levy '49 of Dunster House and New York City was elected photographic chairman, Bayard Hooper '50 of Lowell House and Boston was named associate managing editor, and Edward M. Cowett '51 of Eilot House and Soring field was chosen advertising manager...