Word: hummers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they never do. In fact, when the house lights go down on a concert today, it is often the audience that strikes up the overture. It is a kind of barnyard symphonette. The Hummer and the Time Beater serve as the rhythm section; the Cellophane Crinkler and the Program Rattler handle the solos. In the percussion section, the principal performers are the Bracelet Jangler and the Premature Clapper, while special effects are contributed by the Knuckle Cracker and the Watch Wind er. The Coughers' Chorale is directed by the Dry-Throated, Red-Nosed Hacker, whose feeblest lead always gets...
With six seconds left, Keith Sedlacek tried a jump shot from the circle. It was blocked by 6-6 Ed Hummer, who scooped the ball over to Haarlow. The sophomore dribbled twice and then banked in a running one-hander from the midcourt line...
...Tigers have basically the same bunch of players who were known as "hey-you" when Bill Bradley was making basketball history at Princeton. Their leading scorer is Don Rodenbach, who has an anemic 13.5 average. John Haarlowa and 6-9 Ed Hummer are both scoring slightly more than ten points per game...
...uncorks a wild one: two years ago, a stray Gibson fastball broke the shoulder of San Francisco's Jim Ray Hart, and in 56 innings this season, Bob has walked 26 men. But now it's the catchers who have to look out. The speed of his "hummer" is estimated at well over 90 m.p.h. Sighs the Cards' Bob Decker, "You'd better bring along an extra sponge...
...last hope vanished when Bradley fouled out with five minutes to go and with Michigan in front 75-67. He had scored 29 points. Princeton promptly did just what everyone expected: they disintegrated Ed Hummer's tip-in with a single second remaining in the game was the only field goal that the Tigers scored after their star departed, and Michigan galloped to a 92-76 margin that was almost a footnote...