Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Southern Cross. Because of its Negro player, Montreal had to cancel a Southern exhibition tour. But in the first game of the regular season Jackie belted four hits including a homer and he lost his jitters...
...curve, less of his temper; he won 34 games, lost 52, threw away more than he likes to remember. Then one day he told Manager Steve O'Neill: "I'm going to win for you next year." He was voted the league's most valuable player in '44 and '45. Last week Hal shut out the Chicago White Sox with four hits for his 21st win (5 defeats...
...leading players will be West as Hamlet, Miss Jane Philbin, Radcliffe '46 as Ophelia, Miss Prince as the Queen, Miss Georgina Johnston as the Player-Queen, Edward Franklin '47 as Laertes, John Simon '46 as Polonius, and Edward Benedict '46 as Horatio...
Brady, officially number two singles player for Coach Bob Ashley's Varsity netman this summer, advanced to the final round by virtue of a minor upset of Lane McGovern in a hectic three-set struggle, 4-6, 11-9, 6-3. At one time in the long second set McGovern was at match point, but Brady fought off the threat and subdued his higher-seeded rival...
Small (5 ft. 2 in.; 105 Ibs.), bushy-browed Peggy picks up dialects as easily as Alec Templeton catches a tune. Whenever she is assigned a new one, she talks on the telephone with a Hollywood bit-player who speaks the dialect, instantly echoes his accent and inflection. Now she has more alter egos than she can possibly keep at work. Solution: she is writing five new shows to keep herself busy...