Word: southpaws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there been a sculptor's plague in the U.S., or have the panes of their souls been darkened by greed and isms? Are there no leftists left among them or are all the southpaw-modelers concentrating on "Fragrances" and "Rhythms" in stone...
...Dick Harlow's proteges will have a busy time of it come next Saturday Most of their attention, if reports seeping out of Medford are even remotely correct, will be focused on 188-pound plle-driver Charlie Fortin, who operates pretty effectively from the right halfback slot. The lanky southpaw, who passes and boots as well as he runs, gained a total of over 80 yards against Brown, in 1943, which is, or ought to be, some sort or record. His all-round talents spearheaded the Tufts offensives...
...that it was the spice of Harlow coaching that enabled the Crimson to slip by its heavier, more experienced opponents. Even the superb line play of Eddie Davis, Ned Dewey, Chuck Glynn, and Jack Fisher would not have won the ball game without that last-minute trick of inserting southpaw, Tom Gannon, to fake a left end run and fling a pass just over the goal...
...stands now it will be either Gannon or Flynn, with Cleo playing plenty during the game but not starting. In either case Harlow will have a strong man at the position. Gannon is a southpaw passer, and Flynn, who won his freshman letter in '42, starred last year until just before the Yale game, when an injury put him out of action...
...third contender was another old hand: Detroit's curly-headed Southpaw Hal Newhouser. In his first five major-league seasons (1939-43), he had little control of his curve, less of his temper; he won 34 games, lost 52, threw away more than he likes to remember. Then one day he told Manager Steve O'Neill: "I'm going to win for you next year." He was voted the league's most valuable player in '44 and '45. Last week Hal shut out the Chicago White Sox with four hits for his 21st...