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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Waldman's approach to the Button story is typical. He illustrates a routine account with several "human interest" incidents, and, probably because of Buttons proximity, uses more direct quotes than in any other chapter. Like the other articles, this one is well-documented and factually correct. Button was angered at an early ago by the prediction of an impatient teacher, who said he could never learn to be a figure skater. His determination to "show" this teacher ultimately led to his international success...
...One in the preponderance of baseball players. No less than ten of the athletes discussed are ball players, and come of them, like Hegan and Elliott, just don't merit the attention. Hegan is not a great catcher--he can't hit; Elliott is a mediocre third baseman; and men like Sain and Stephens are dubious choices. Mize, of course, should have been written up many years ago. He belongs to an older school of baseball players...
Another flaw lies in the very nature of the book. There are not enough really great athletic in one year to justify the publication of an annual book of this kind. "Famous American Athletes of Today" would be far more valuable if it appeared every five years...
...wish we had another Yale game" one biddy said yesterday. "We didn't make beds on Saturday because everyone was in Yale, and we didn't make them Monday because everyone...
...single set for "The Rat Race" is by Donald Oenslager. It looks just like every other set for a New York tenement, but then maybe all tenements look alike. However, Mr. Oenslager has given his set four walls, one of which raises and lowers many times during the evening with all the unobtrusiveness and grace of a freight elevator. Like three or four of the characters, the fourth wall should be done away with. Give the audience a little credit, M. Kanin, Mr. Oenslager...