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...Veteran southpaw, Mee Jubitz heads a capable mound corps which includes Joe Wood, Bing Crosby, and Dick Ames. All of these boys are headed for stardom, and Freshman Ted Harrison is only biding his time until he can join them. Bill Poole and Tony Mott are the ranking catchers...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Yale, Princeton Appear Strong As EIL Loop Gets Under Way | 4/21/1939 | See Source »

...other members of last year's famed Freshman squad are very proficient in handling the foil, a weapon formerly used only in practice. Small southpaw, Art Jarros is a wiry, energetic fencer. The other, boasting a high AFLA ranking, is Ben Johnson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hartford Win Lifts Hopes Of Coach Rene Peroy's Fencers | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

Jimmy Grippo is a professional magician, hypnotist and manager of a southpaw prizefighter, Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y. Last week in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, 23-year-old Melio Bettina met 32-year-old Tiger Jack Fox of Spokane, Wash, for the light-heavyweight championship of the world (according to the pompous New York State Athletic Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grippo's Grip | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Coach Harlow sent Wes Fesler and Lyal Clark to scout Army last Saturday against Columbia, and both returned with stern warnings about the shiftiness and pass-throwing ability of Woodrow and southpaw Huey. The Cadets' best play, their "three-point" fake pass, was largely responsible for their first-half drubbing of Columbia, according to these scouts...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Hard-Hitting Army Gridmen Arrive Here; 900 Cadets and 2 Mules Follow Tomorrow | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

Scheduled to pitch was Johnny Vander Meer, the Reds' rookie southpaw, who had pitched himself into baseball's Hall of Fame four days before when he won a no-hit, no-run game against the Boston Bees in Cincinnati. Practically the whole of Midland Park, N. J. (his home town) was in the stands to greet him. Dodger Pitcher Max Butcher threw the first ball, and the fans settled in their seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Red Lefthander | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

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