Word: lockerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...higher esteem by his team mates than strong-arm Ralph Branca, the Dodgers' only 20-game winner. And of course there is Dixie Walker, the "Pee-pul's Cherce," who at 36 still hits when it will do the most good-with men on base. In a locker-room gabfest a few weeks ago, the Dodgers agreed among themselves that Jackie Robinson was the team's third most valuable player-behind Edwards and Reese...
House Republicans had some other weapons in their locker. This week they passed a bill authorizing 8½ million veterans to cash nearly $2 billion worth of terminal-leave bonds. It was not solely a bid for veterans' support, Republicans explained blandly; it was to help Harry Truman reduce the federal debt...
...given him an unconditional release. Now, besides being the best fielding first-baseman in baseball, McQuinn was just shy of Joe DiMaggio's .339 batting average. Harris also had a prize asset in Pitcher Frank Shea, a 24-year-old rookie, the cutup of the Yanks' locker room. As of last week, he was the league's top pitcher. His record: 11 wins, 2 defeats...
...same time, he gave assurances that season football tickets will still be priced at $15, and that other costs, including towel and locker fees, would remain unchanged...
...Stewart Alexander, 27, strode into Philadelphia's Cedarbrook Country Club locker room wearing an ear-to-ear grin. His score-a five-under-par 66-broke the three-year-old course record in the first round of last week's $15,000 Inquirer Invitation Tourney. Fellow golfers shook his hand and slapped his back. Just when he was beginning to enjoy prosperity, the crash came. Veteran Ben Hogan, finishing three hours later over the damp fairways, entered the locker room triumphantly. He had just scored six under par, shooting six birdies and a big wide hole in Alexander...