Word: stadiumitis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before he can expect to trot out onto the Stadium greensward Saturday, though, he must convince three men by the names of Stone, Hickey, and Glynn that this pre-season rating is not merely idle talk. Don Stone played first-string center last fall when Chuck Glynn hurt his hand. He was particularly effective on defense. A Senior, he got his football groundwork at Roxbury Memorial High...
Although definite plans have not yet been announced by the HAA, football games in the Stadium this fall will be televised by a local station, starting with the Columbia game Saturday. This includes in addition to Columbia, contests with Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Brown and Yale. The games will also be broadcast...
...high points of the film: The amazing four-victory running of Fanny Blanyers-Koen of Holland, the high-speed excitement of ski jumpers and bobsledders, the gruelling ordeal of the marathon, the complete mastery of corn-fed American track and field stars. Periodic shots of the crowds at Wembly Stadium have been chosen with taste and occasional wit, and the overall effect is pleasantly spectacular. The parts of the narration handled by Ted Husing and Bill Stern are not up to the work of several English commentators; but they are at least competent...
...oldest groundkeeper on Soldiers Field, who has watched the gradual changes, tells you that if you look closely enough these days at the plaque of Percy Haughton near the Stadium, you'll see a gleam in the eyes...
...exactly be broken-hearted if they are eliminated from the pennant race before this Saturday. The reason is simple. If the Sox are still in there, it's going to mean a packed Fenway Park, which in turn is going to mean a slightly less-packed Stadium...