Word: speedsters
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...only a month since Speedster Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals, galloping into first base, had spiked First Baseman Jackie Robinson. Jackie, the first avowed Negro in the history of big-league baseball, looked at his ripped stocking and bleeding leg. It might have been an accident, but Jackie didn't think so. Neither did a lot of others who saw the play. Jackie set his teeth and said nothing. He didn't dare...
Other players, such as wingback Cleo A. O'Donnell Jr. '44, had played for Harvard in 1942 and returned to the team after tours of duty in the war. O'Donnell, a pint-sized speedster, was elected captain in the fall of '42, but joined the Marines before getting the chance to lead. He was again elected captain by the '46 squad...
...Boxster, Porsche's six-cylinder $39,980 speedster, its first new sports car in 19 years. The car is being sold with throwback-apparel options such as goggles and a racing hood...
...take a half-million-share stake in a day," he says. "I'll buy 50,000 shares a day for months to build up a position." Danoff is candid about the downside of running a fund so large: "You're racing a Mack truck against a speedster [i.e., a smaller, competing fund]. I go 45 miles per hour, and the speedster goes 70 miles an hour. But he may spin out at some point. I'll do well if I stay out of trouble...
...Crimson is losing only Reinhard, Feinberg and speedster Sue Traub to graduation, so Harvard should improve as a team next season--weather permitting...