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Negro boy named Doodoo Lawrence and inducted him into a Robin Hood band. Costumed in green and armed with bows, they would swoop down on some rich squire (such as a boy carrying groceries home), rob him and eat his riches in the forest. In Port Clyde, Maine, where the family spent the summers, Andy found another native nonconformist. Together they learned to handle a dory in heavy surf and to loot lobstermen's pots at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: American Realist | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

...Robin Hood Dell, Philadelphia: Ezio Pinza, Oscar Levant, William Kapell, soloists; Monteux, Fritz Reiner, Andre Kostalanetz conducting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sharps & Flats Alfresco | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 (Dimitri Mitropoulos, pianist, conducting the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia; Columbia, 1 side LP). The gifted Mitropoulos gives himself a successful double workout with this combination of beauty and bombast. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jul. 2, 1951 | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

...first round of the Palm Beach Round Robin tournament at Westchester's Wykagyl Country Club, he turned in a three-under-par 69, trailed Bobby Locke's leading 68 by four points under the man-for-man scoring system in each foursome. De Vicenzo soon got the hang of the point scoring, banged out a 68 on the second round and took the lead. He followed with another sparkling 68, and all but won the tournament before it was officially over with a 67 on his fourth round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Argentine Invader | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

Philadelphia won the pennant last year, but you couldn't tell by watching this year's club. Only the three outfielders, Dick Sisler, Richie Ashburn, and Del Ehnis have been playing first division ball. Reliefer Jim Konstanty has been mediocre, and Robin Roberts has just pulled even at five and five...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

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