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...Semipro. In the. last year, A.T. &T. has raised more than $1.1 billion in new capital, for the biggest expansion program in its history. Wilson, a vice president, had put the program through at a time when many another corporation was finding the capital market sticky. It was one of the big reasons he was picked when Walter Gifford decided that he would like to step aside. An easy talker, with a good memory for faces and names, new President Wilson is an impressive example of copybook maxims put into practice. "If you know what you're fitted...
...have preseason practice as did the Crimson, are primarily a one-man team built around a fast, shifty Liberian Negro named Morris who rates as one of the best ball-handlers and play-makers in the New England area. An unpaid player on several of the semipro elevens around Boston during the off seasons, Morris scored close to half of the Jumbo goals last year...
...will have a chance to see how good his team is at this stage of the season when the Crimson scrimmages the Worcester Scandinavians, a semipro outfit from out Holy Cross way. Well-acquainted with the tricks of the soccer profession, the Scans are probably as tough opponents as the booters face all year...
...attractive schedule includes contests with fast service outfits and semipro clubs, while games are pending which nearby New England colleges. Highlights of the season will be two contests with Fort Devens and Boston Coast Guard, and games against Grenier Airfield and Tufts College...
Last month Ray Dumont, president of the National Baseball Congress (semipro teams' trade association), proposed a new rule for baseball. His suggestion: let the hitter take his choice of running to either first or third, then continue on around the bases in the same direction. His reasons: more fun for fans, more action in the infield. Sportswriters hooted...