Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eager Sophomores can pick up their copies of the 172-page record of their first year at Harvard today and tomorrow in the basement of the Union. Those with last names from H. to P should come around today from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and Q to Z the same hours tomorrow. A through G men who forgot to appear yesterday can get their red Books during these times also...
...other things, was someone like tireless Lou Boudreau, the Indians' manager and shortstop, the man who would be most remembered in the 1948 Series. He was not only the brain of Cleveland's keyed-up baseball organism, he was also the heart of it. Boudreau's pick-off play (catching a runner off base) was easily the Series' most spectacular play, and an example of his drill-order perfectionism. The first time it was tried, Boudreau tagged Runner Phil Masi, and thought he had him (the pictures seemed to bear him out) but Umpire Bill Stewart...
Next day, when Boston's Earl Torge-son took a lead off second base, Boudreau again flashed the pick-off signal to the catcher. The catcher relayed it to Pitcher Lemon, who counted three, then wheeled suddenly and pegged the ball towards second. Boudreau, who was also counting to himself, got to the base as the ball did, and tagged Torgeson...
...drops George Washington abruptly, goes downstairs into the newsroom to pick up notes on the latest news, then crosses a catwalk to a studio in radio station WRNL (owned by the Richmond newspapers). Frequently the announcer is hopefully saying, "And now Dr. Freeman," just as he sticks his head in the door...
Students will be able to get their first taste of the new priority system for stadium seating when they pick up their tickets this week for Saturday's football game with Dartmouth. The tickets are ready for collection in the H.A.A. ticket offices this morning...