Word: mel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...removing calcium deposits from elbows-made new men of Pitchers Howie Pollet and Red Munger. The list of patients who have consulted him would make an impressive line-up for an All-Star game. Among them: Ty Cobb (one of his steadiest customers), Frank Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, Joe Cronin, Mel Ott, Bobby Doerr...
...Song Is Born (Samuel Goldwyn; RKO Radio) may not be entirely satisfactory to either hep cats or squares. Jazz addicts will want to take the picture home with them, to listen again & again to the jam sessions of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Mel Powell, Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong. To those who are mystified by popular music, these names will add up to much noise and little sense. A Song is designed as a starring vehicle for Danny Kaye, but he is almost drowned out in the blare...
Back of him are Hugh Edmonds, Phil Isenberg, Mel Freedman, and George Goodrich, all good line-backers. The quarterback in the Michigan system is essentially a blocking back, doing little-ball-carrying or passing. "We can't afford to have our quarterbacks bumped up too much, explains Valpey, because they have to keep a clear, cool head in order to call the plays...
...backfield men have also seen backer-up service in the weeks of practice. Mel Freedman, who moved up from the Jayvees in mid-season last year, has proved durable in the position; and Phil Isenburg, a scrappy lightweight, has also worked out behind the line. Both Freedman and Isenburg are quarterbacks...
...Moffie and Mel Freedman, running with the white-shirted third-stringest, impersonated Columbia's great back-field pair--Kusserow and Rossides--in the defensive scrimmage. For an hour they ran wing T plays against two Varsity elevens, carrying the illusion even to the extent of wearing the same numbers as the Columbia regulars...