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...first hit of the day, a broken-bat wrongfield single to left. Farber, playing right field, singled him to second and Reggie Maton walked. Harvard catcher Gary Miller promptly picked Maton off first, but Tom Stephenson dropped the ball in the rundown. He recovered in time to tag Maton out, but Roberts scored...
...German tag was attached because the disease was mistakenly thought to be especially common in Germany. The medical term, rubella, is bad because it invites confusion with rubeola, the true "red" or "seven-day" measles...
...seminarian, he mused: "Even if I were to become Pope, when I shall appear before the Divine Judge, then what am I?" But mostly, John's Journal is a touching composite of a humble, gentle man never satisfied, ever seeking. Despite the book's hefty $8 price tag, it is ringing up brisk sales...
...longest time, The Game (that's charades, to non-swells) has been the In sport at society dos. But Florida's best-dressed Jean Harvey Vanderbilt has a new one, a sort of pin-the-tag-on-the-horsy. "Naming a yearling can be a wonderful icebreaker," says the wife of Horseman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. And they already have quite a collection of monikers for their just-named two-year-olds. There's Kiss of Death, a daughter of Femme Fatale, Gone Goose, by Crafty Admiral out of Sitting Duck, and Shakedown Cruise, by Sailor...
Talk of Wall Street. Forrestal enjoyed the same rags-to-riches tag that has been pinned on other famous Americans. As is usually the case, writes Rogow, the tag was untrue. Forrestal's father, an Irish immigrant, had built up a prosperous construction business in the town of Matteawan, north of New York City, and was a bigwig in local Democratic politics. It was not poverty but sickness that shaped the young Forrestal. Frail from birth, Forrestal took the Teddy Roosevelt cure. He went in for strenuous exercise, especially boxing. In one bout his nose was broken, giving...