Word: quinn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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threat man in Paul Quinn to make up for the absence of all-House halfback of last season Gene Reilly, who is in the Army...
...after camp training this summer. Receiving certificates were Arnold M. Anderson, of Duluth, Minn.; William A. Ellison, Jr., of Knoxville, Tenn.; John T. Fey, of Cumberland, Md., Thomas J. Glenn, of Spartanburg, S. C.; Murray Harris, of Patterson, N. J.; Robert Polidor, of Salt Lake City, Ut.; Jack B. Quinn, of Chicago, Ill.; Paul W. Seiler, Jr., of Farmington, Mich.; and Robert M. Wattron, of Berkley, Calif...
...summary: HARVARD ab r h po a c Callanan, c. 3 0 1 7 0 0 Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delahoyde, 0 1 0 1 0 0 Waldstein, p 3 2 0 0 2 0 Harvey, 2b 4 1 3 2 3 0 Fitzgibbons 1b 2 0 1 9 0 1 Buckley, cf 5 0 1 3 0 0 Barnes, rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 O''Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drake, ss 3 1 1 1 3 0 Whittemore, 3b 2 2 1 1 0 0 Gleason...
...eighth, when things began to get away from him. After a single run in the eighth, the B. U. squad gathered its forces for a four run rally in the final frame. The Harvard summary: ab r h po a e Callanan, c 4 2 1 6 0 0 Quinn 1 0 1 2 0 0 Waldstein, lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 Scully 1 0 1 0 0 0 Harvey, 2b 5 2 2 3 1 0 Macmillan 1 0 0 3 2 2 Fitzgibbons, lb 6 3 4 8 0 0 Bukley...
...inclined to treat this as another one; but pressagents have no souls. The fact remained that Oboler, who brought to radio drama the unabashed showmanship of a Zanuck, was doing his Plays for Americans free and on his own motion (seconded and guided by NBC). The first one, Johnny Quinn, U.S.N., had its hokey qualities, but it was well directed (by Oboler), nicely played, and it turned a wise guy into a hero for a better reason than because the formula was surefire. The reason: a free world needs more heroes...