Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another "younger" writer, whose book Shane you mentioned with approbation, wasn't named at all. "No story exists without an author, so let the name of Jack Schaefer be blazoned on your pages. He wrote Shane...
...from the critics, he was a box-office smash. He married Eileen Walser, a London model, and began to tour the world. He was away so long that when he decided to come home in 1939, no one remembered him. "I was offered a job," he recalls ruefully, "in Jack Dempsey's bar." Then an appearance with Eddy Duchin got him started again. When World War II started, he traveled the world once more, entertaining troops. After that he settled in Hollywood and into its pinko parlor politics...
...main reason behind this paucity of hits was a brilliant effort by Quaker pitcher Weed. the day before the game, Shepard mentioned that if coach Jack McCloskey started Weed, Pennsylvania would have a slight edge. This prediction unfortunately proved quite true. Equipped with an excellent curve, which was his main pitch, Weed had the Crimson batters constantly off balance, and the Quakers had little trouble with the resultant pop flies and grounders...
...shut-out at Annapolis yesterday, the undefeated Varsity tennis team romped over Navy to gain its fourth victory of the season. Although lacking the services of ailing coach Jack Barnaby, the netmen lost only two sets in 16 matches (7 of which were unofficial...
Revenge is sweet, or so the adage goes, and the varsity tennis team got plenty of it yesterday. Coach Jack Barnaby's squad made up for last year's 5-4 loss to Amherst by shellacking the Lord Jeffs, 8 to 1, on the Soldiers Field courts...