Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From cabbages to kings is the theme of "Idiot's Delight" now competing for first place on the U. T.'s screen with "Topper Takes a Trip." A peculiar emotional attitude toward war is expressed in this drama of worldly types caught on a remote mountain in Europe as war breaks out all around them. There is the villainous munitions manufacturer and his actress mistress, formerly a vaudeville performer in America and now posing as a Russian Countess. Clark Gable represents the cabbages as Harry Van, hoofer and friend of the Countess. The tone of Sherwood's play has been...
Feature of the '42 pitching staff is the fact that no matter which hurler takes the mound, the other two have sure outfield berths reserved, for both Pitchford and Reddy hit .300 or over on the training trip, with Clay close behind...
Strongest on the offense, the 1939 team is favored to carry off Eastern League batting honors for the second year in a row. Crimson sluggers Lupien, Johns, Grondahl, Soltz, and Gannett all hung up good averages on the trip...
...contesis last season to rank sixth in the circuit. Reine Grondahl, the team's "money hitter," led the League in runs batted in last year. Jojo Soltz is almost as vicious a hitter as Lupien. Batting left handed, Gannett is a good "waiter." He had tough luck on the trip, connecting safely only four times out of 17 trips to the plate. Two or three times, safe landing of his smoky liners might have meant the ball game to Harvard, but each time they were hit directly at the fielders...
...trip saw much improvement in the work of Bob Fulton, regular back-stop, especially in his throwing, and in his handling of pitchers. However, the fact remains that Keyes and Fulton together accounted for six of the team's 11 errors during the past week...