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First baseman Hank Durham is the largest offensive threat of the Indians. The big infielder has displayed tremendous power on various occasions, shining on a team which includes at least three other men who are dangerous at the plate. Al Quirk will probably be ready for the game, and will be Coach Eddie Jeremiah's choice for starting pitcher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball Team Tackles Big Green Here Today | 5/4/1948 | See Source »

...phone, Pat was cautious at first. He asked Bill to name the members of the family; living and dead. Billy did not miss one. Pat began to recognize the "Choctaw drawl." Why had he hidden out all these years? "Just a quirk," said Billy. What about the man in Mexico? "I left that raincoat in an El Paso restaurant in 1908," Billy explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW MEXICO: I Am Nothing | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...handling of Jim Lowell, the speed of John White, and a crowd of non-starters who play as much and as good football as the first string. HARVARD '51 YALE '51 Bender LER Alexander Kristoplk LTR Clemens Coyne LGR Masters O'Brien C Wooten Rosenau RGL Beggs Sltter RTL Quirk Callahan REL Gant Lowell QB Eden Bottenfield LHR Peters West RHL Tisdale White FB Lohnes

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Eleven Hits Bulldog Pups Today | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

...Boston College, Coach Freddy Maguire is expected to use either Dan O'Brien, who set back the Crimson with only five hits in the Eagles victory last week, or Bob Quirk, who pitched B.C. to its opening game victory over Brown...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Boston College Visits Varsity Nine Today | 4/29/1947 | See Source »

...turns out to be a fizzle in the play, so Adam creates a more romantic and lovable woman, played by Jane Burgwall of Simmons College '48. HDC explained that this is not intended as a slur on the amorous qualifications of Radcliffe girls in general, but merely a quirk of casting. The third woman in "Adam" is played by Eleanor Millard, Radcliffe '48, who has done much work for Idler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Announces Cast For November Show, "Adam the Creator" | 10/23/1946 | See Source »

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