Word: nilsson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...annoying is a Winchell rumor that he is using his home-run cash to buy gold trinkets for Monica Lewis, radio's "Chiquita Banana" girl. He flatly denies the gift angle; he just has dates with her, as he does with Dancer Betty Bruce and Hollywood Starlet Peggy Nilsson. At week's end, the chief buccaneer of the Pirates was too busy trying to hit home run No. 53 (which he got against the Cincinnati Reds) to worry about romance. He was also scrambling to protect the runs-batted-in lead (125 so far) that he took last...
...Nilsson, who last Friday won the University wherry championship on the Charles, on Monday turned his aquatic attention toward the Indoor Athletic Building pool and acquired two more H.A.A. medals by winning the closed 60-yard free style and breaststroke events...
Competing in a class limited to inexperienced swimmers--mainly from Bill Brooks' summer swimming class, Nilsson was clocked in the free style event at 25.3 seconds, a tenth of a second slower than the time posted by a Varsity squad member, Steve Wise, in winning the open class race over the same distance...
Norbert Kamarck captured the closed backstroke in 35.7 seconds while Nilsson's time in the breaststroke was 36.7 seconds. In both of these races, Bob Bigelow finished just out of the money...
Bill Middendorf came through as expected in the compromise race by easily beating Bruce Preston in the time of 3:40. New Freshman Art Nilsson-nipped Herman Page in the wherry finals, being clocked...