Word: olsen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Crimson batsmen wasted no time in getting to work on the opposition pitcher, Olsen. In the initial frame three runs dented the plate as Vince Leahy, Bill Fitz, Bart Harvey, and Ned Fitzgibbons hit singles that went to all fields. This barrage seemed only to whet their appetites, for there was no let-up in the third as three more runs resulted from Ned Fitzgibbons's home run (welcome proof that his batting eye has returned after an almost disastrous slump), Heath's walk, and successive singles by Gallagher and "Hoss" Hamlen. Four successive blows in the next inning added...
...department of Architecture seven students have received Edward H. Kendall scholarships. They are John T. Black, of Norman, Oklahoma; Ulrich J. Franzen, of Skowhegan, Maine; Arthur R. Myhrum, of River Forest, Illinois; Donald E. Olsen, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jean Bodman, of Wayne, Pennsylvania; Lucy W. Hulburd, of Exeter, New Hampshire; and Jean League, of Macon, Georgia...
...tanker Gulftrade, out of Port Arthur, Tex. with a cargo of oil, ploughed through the heavy seas off Barnegat Light, some 60 miles from her destination, New York City. When the lookout reported several vessels in the vicinity, chubby, moon-faced Captain Torger Olsen imprudently ordered his darkened ship's lights turned on. Said he ruefully: "I saw we were up to Barnegat and I thought they shouldn't be able to get us any more. I made a mistake...
...torpedo caught the Gulftrade squarely amidships, neatly halved her. Blessing the heavy sea that extinguished the fire before it could spread to the oil-slicked water, Torger Olsen and six of his crew took to a boat, were rescued 30 minutes later. Nine elected to stay with the half-ship; they were taken off by rescue vessels. Eighteen of the crew were unaccounted for. The attacking submarine cruised insolently for several minutes between the floating halves of the ship...
George "Bunks" Burditt was the Crimson's only cager nominated on one of Associated Press' All Eastern basketball teams. Burditt, brilliant Sophomore center, was selected as second-team center on the mythical squad, being edged on the first five by Jim Olsen, sensational Dartmouth pivot...