Word: local
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friction arising from mismanagement and lack of cooperation between the local and foreign directorates of the school has led to a temporary recall of the Harvard representative, in an effort to smooth out a situation that has grown complicated. The director of the school, E. Telford Erickson who has engaged in an extensive series of lectures in support of the school throughout the country during the past year, is returning this summer to engage in conference to discuss the future policy and organization of the school...
...Sophomores will be the mound opponents this afternoon. W. H. MacHale '31 will ascend the Crimson hillock, and should have little trouble in stemming the local bats. Adams, of Tufts, is also a sophomore, and stands in the front line of Eastern college pitchers. He has been the mainstay of the team's twirling staff all year, and has turned in several creditable performances, the most notable being a two-hit game against Northeastern early in the season...
Most of the batting strength of the home team is in the infield. Fitzgerald who covers the initial bag, and Phillips, keystone sacker, lead the Tufts offensive, while Ellis is among the best leadoff men in college baseball. Arlenson, the local catcher, is reputed to have a good arm, and pilfered hassocks should be a rarity this afternoon. The outfield of the home team is more or less of an unknown quantity...
...beady-eyed little girl was born to the Ponzillios, thrifty Italian immigrants. They named her Rosa. As she grew older she was always singing. She sang over her lessons in school, over the dishes at home, in the church choir. Her first job was as entertainer in the local "nickelodeon." Her fame spread locally, she was offered a position at New Haven's Molone's restaurant at the fabulus figure of $50 per week. Meanwhile, her elder sister, Carmela, entered smalltime vaudeville with her contralto voice. Rosa joined forces with her and as the "Ponzillio Sisters" they were...
Birthday. Louis Wiley, 60, business manager of the New York Times; in Rochester, N. Y., where he got his start on the Post-Express. The local Press Club which he helped found in 1888 gave him a banquet. Encomiums poured in signed by Hoover, Taft, Coolidge, Smith, Roosevelt, Eastman, Pulitzer, Swope, Bok, Block, Bernstein, Cohn, Wise, Lazansky...