Word: raiser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Freshmen meet Governor Dummer Academy away as their curtain raiser. The Varsity's starting line-up goal, Penson; fullbacks, Harbison and Taylor; halfbacks, Mallery, Slingerland, and Truscott; outsides, Poor and Herskovits; insides, Gifford and Drake; center forward, Sawhill...
...greybeards could remember a more sweeping reversal of form. Day before, in the President's Special, gala curtain raiser that preceded the regular openers, Franklin Roosevelt had done his duty like his predecessors before him (see cut), but the New York Yankees had whitewashed the Washington Senators, 3-to-0. That surprised no one. In only four out of his seven previous starts as the season's opening pitcher had President Roosevelt watched the Senators come through for him. But in their hometown opener at Yankee Stadium, with Mayor LaGuardia pitching the first ball, the Yankees looked like...
This intra-mural meet, which has become the traditional curtain raiser of Crimson outdoor track seasons, offers every student in the University the opportunity to challenge all comers aided by an equalizing handicap based on past performances and potential appearances. In addition Coach Mikkole can both size up the qualifications of his competing track men and keep his eye open for hidden talent...
Missouri's John Munski: the Tobin Mile, feature race of Boston's third annual Veterans of Foreign Wars track meet; curtain raiser of the 1941 indoor U. S. track season; in 4 min., 14.4 sec.; before a crowd of 5,000; at the Boston Garden. Munski, winner of last fortnight's outdoor Sugar Bowl Mile at New Orleans, outran among others Chuck Fenske and Gene Venzke, last year's headliners. Twice last winter Fenske ran a mile...
...undefeated Crimson Freshmen will meet an unusually strong Bruin Cub outfit in a 7:30 o'clock curtain raiser...