Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cowen, Bill Loring, and Jerry Andrews, regular members of the Crimson team at the start of the season, are no longer available for competition. Newcomers to the squad in addition to Arnold who may see action tonight are Dave Thompson, a former Deerfield Academy player, and Andrew Henry of Brookline...
...National Tennis Championships at Adelaide, Pails ripped through Quist, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. When he squared off against Bromwich in the finals, he carried his more seasoned senior to five sets, lost the match 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. A stubborn, powerful player, with the doglike retrieving instincts of Georgia's Bitsy Grant, he also had plenty of offensive equipment, a cannonball service, a good backhand, a devastating overhead. He swung his heavy (15¼ oz.) racket two-handed in Bromwich-Vivian McGrath style...
...hockey had become more violently rowdy than ever. There was a rash of sprains, broken bones, and bashed heads, and player tempers showed no signs of cooling...
Academicians were scandalized when Artist Goya found favor with King Charles IV of Spain. An accomplished duelist, harpsichordist and guitar player, as well as an unrivaled Casanova, Goya delighted the ladies and enraged the courtiers. His intuition was as astonishing as his lack of tact. "You look like the kind of man who goes about [burning] harmless prostitutes," he once remarked to an amiable old monk, who later became a prominent member of the Inquisition. His amorous ferocity was equally pronounced. "If I loved a woman, I shouldn't hesitate to use intimidation if all other methods failed...
...York Giants badly needed a catcher to replace old Ernie ("Schnozz") Lombardi. Like every other player-hungry boss, the Giants' Horace Stoneham knew where to go: St. Louis, where the Cardinals sat firmly on a large assortment of surplus talent, home from the war, with more coming. Last week Stoneham peeled off $175,000, the fourth largest sum ever paid for a single player, for Catcher Walker Cooper...