Word: scouted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...carefully among his offers : he turned down the Yankees because the competition would be too stiff and he might wind up on the farm team in Newark; he rejected the Dodgers (who offered the most money) because he didn't think he'd like Brooklyn; a Card scout wrote him a nine-page letter, but he thought the Cardinals were too penny-pinching. Finally he took a $27,500 bonus for joining the Reds. If Hoss doesn't play third base this year, General Manager Warren Giles says he will have to fire five scouts...
...first time. The U.S. had produced few better-known heroes-and almost none so artificially contrived. Cody was an Indian scout and buffalo hunter in his youth, but the rest of the "Buffalo Bill" legend sprang straight from the brain of a raffish scribbler known as Ned Buntline. Astounded by Cody's good looks, wonderful lies and infinite capacity for firewater, Buntline immortalized him in a series of hair-raising dime novels...
...matter went to Wisconsin's Congressman Lawrence Smith. Still no luck-Mickey had served so well at training centers that the War Department considered him "essential" to the 49th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon at Camp Butner...
...brightest young postwar net stars the U.S. has developed, Mouledous is a good bet to shine in future Davis Cup competition, unless Hollywood gets there first. Last week, a talent scout who saw Dick's picture in a New Orleans paper signed him up for 20th Century-Fox. Said the scout: "He's got a face that will appeal to women...
Some college coaches scout for themselves, but more trust the job to assistants or to game-wise alumni. The job: 1) to record each play and shot, elaborately charted with identifying letters (H for hook shots, S for set, P for push); 2) to uncover players' idiosyncrasies and ways to block hot basket-makers; 3) to cook up tricky defenses. Few ambitious coaches can afford not to scout...