Word: seasons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvest. Since war's end, fans had been wondering impatiently when baseball's new crop of talent would be reaped. As the season neared its mid-point they had their answer. Dino Restelli was the most sensational of a bumper crop of rookies who had had to go to war before becoming big-leaguers...
...Mike. The ex-military policeman among the season's prize rookies is 22-year-old Outfielder Roy Sievers of the St. Louis Browns. Says Umpire Cal Hubbard: "He's terrific. He can hit a ball a mile with a flick of the wrist." The Browns, perennially willing to peddle stars for a price, say he is worth a cool $250,000. The Cleveland Indians, who have pennant hopes, naturally have no price tag on Ray (alias Ike) Boone, 25, a former bluejacket who looked good enough last week to take over Player-Manager Lou Boudreau...
...upper Manhattan last week, 16,000 music lovers crowded into Lewisohn Stadium on opening night of the 32nd season of summer concerts. The weather, for once, was ideal, with stars atwinkle and cool breezes circulating. But, as usual, the fond fans had a few things to grumble about...
...team championship. The score: Southern Cal. 55 2/5, U.C.L.A. 31, Stanford 30, Michigan State 26, Penn State 25. The day's outstanding individual performance: a 56-ft.-1½-in. heave of the shot by Yale's Jim Fuchs, who is also a pretty good halfback in season; Fuchs's toss broke the N.C.A.A. record of another footballer-shot putter, the late Al Blozis of Georgetown, by one inch...
...checking on his rivals. When Acosta had enough, he rushed the cotton into town to be ginned, piled the 512-lb. bale aboard a pick-up truck and raced 350 miles to the Houston Cotton Exchange in 6½ hours. For bringing in the first bale of the season, Joe got $1,325 in prize money, and another $1,203, a record, when his bale was auctioned off at the exchange...