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During his annual mid-season vacations from the Cleveland Orchestra, Conductor George Szell (pronounced sell) can be seen on some of the U.S.'s most famed podiums: the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and starting next season, the Metropolitan Opera. To judge by the enthusiasm of critics and audiences, he could probably land himself an even more impressive berth than the one he has. But the story of Szell and Cleveland is the story of a happy musical partnership...
...hopeful moments, Princeton's Football Coach Charlie Caldwell could look down the season's schedule and imagine his team stretching the Tiger winning streak to 31 straight (since mid-season 1949). But in the way stood a high hurdle: ponderous, powerful Penn. With All-American Dick Kazmaier and ten of last year's other regulars gone, Princeton's young team would have to outsmart and outspeed Coach George Hunger's huskies to win. In Princeton's Palmer Stadium last week, Charlie's youngsters tried. With less than five minutes left in the second...
Just before January exams came the traditional mid-season sales: Raccoon coats were slashed to as low as $245, two-wheel brake Oakland roadsters ran about $839, and those essential commodities--gloves...
Sure enough, in mid-season Holmes was called back to replace ailing Billy Southworth. Manager Holmes managed a respectable fourth-place finish for his team of veterans. This spring the Braves, giving young (34) Manager Holmes a fresh start, began replacing veterans, rebuilding with rookies. No one expected miracles-but neither did the Braves' owners expect their team in June to be wallowing in seventh place. Last week, following baseball's usual law-replace a losing manager -the Braves fired Holmes. The new manager: Jolly Charley Grimm, 53, a onetime slick-fielding first baseman for Pittsburgh...
...Crimson victory today, coupled with the fine showing Coach Bruce Munro's squad made on its early Southern trip, would mean that the 1952 team was merely victim of a mid-season slump...