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...Clay will probably draw the starting nod from Stahl but Jack Schwede and Burgy Ayres may also see action on the hill. Charley Spreyer is favored for the backstop post in place of Senior Bob Fulton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALUMNI BATSMEN WILL FACE CRIMSON SQUAD | 5/1/1940 | See Source »

...settle the political hash of GOPresumptives Arthur Vandenberg or Thomas E. Dewey. Senator La Follette last week had become "Good Old Bob," a man whom many new friends were trying to influence. Representing a rock-bottom (1938) legion of 353,000 Progressive voters in a wide-open primary, his nod might mean the difference between success & failure to hundreds of big & little shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Wisconsin Primaries | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...what direction would he nod? Guesses: 1) toward the pro-Roosevelt Democratic slates, 2) toward Arthur Vandenberg. No one expected him to come to the aid of "Buster" Dewey. First guess seemed the best, for Bob La Follette is a veteran New Dealer, strong for every fibre of the President's domestic program, against him on only two major matters: La Follette is isolationist, believes fanatically in an if-you-can't-pay-don't-go fiscal policy. Messrs. Roosevelt & La Follette pair naturally, and each is beholden to the other. Yet Vandenbergers kept up their hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Wisconsin Primaries | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...important element in these two contests was the work of Goalie Bud Kieckhefer in the nets Kieckhefer had played on only one varsity contest before the Quad games, but Murdoch decided to give him the nod over veteran Harry Holt, and the Junior netminder has already proven his worth...

Author: By Yale News and Barry SORTHLAN Sports writer, S | Title: Outcome of Hockey Game Is Uncertain As Are All Harvard-Yale Encounters | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

...Lowell, Polanski of Kirkland over McLaughlin of Dunster and Hinchcliffe of Winthrop over Cobb of Kirkland. Brody of Kirkland took the unlimited final by default. Franken of Winthrop got the decision over Roberts of Leverett; Passeneau of Eliot beat Ditrinco of Winthrop; and D'Autroment of Winthrop got the nod over his teammate, Kahn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 42 BOXERS COMPETE | 2/24/1940 | See Source »

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