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There the Yanks had what some sportswriters called the pitcher-of-the-year, a tall, broad-shouldered right-hander named Spud Chandler, who retired 14 men in a row against Detroit. First American Leaguer to win 20 games this year, he had an earned-run average of 1.69, the league's lowest since Walter Johnson...
...poison to Yankee batsmen. But winning World Series* is a Yankee tradition, they have better pitching reserves, and the first three games are in New York, a distinct psychological advantage. Last week, as the Yanks wearily ground out the pennant-cinching run, the odds sloughed downwards. By the time Spud Chandler hurls the opening ball, the betting should be even...
...Spud-nosed, publicity-wise W. C. Fields, charged with stealing $20,000 worth of ideas from Writer Harry Yadkoe and using them in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, appeared in court with a keg-shaped thermos from which he refueled from time to time...
March and April are usually small potato months, since they fall between the two growing seasons. But this time potatoes were so scarce that the Department of Agriculture considered making a public appeal to U.S. spud-eaters to leave the skins on (Agriculture experts allege that 21% of a potato is wasted when it is peeled). OPA stewed over a possible realignment of ceiling prices. But unless bad weather makes things worse, potato prospects should get brighter by early summer: the 1943 production goal is 3,260,000 acres, 17% above last year's high level. By June...
...Spud Shapiro, highly touted Tufts forward, was held to two goals and four fouls, by Jack Torgan, and he left early on personal fouls. For the Crimson, Dean Hennessey was also removed on personals...