Word: verne
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...deathlike pall of silence which usually envelops the Soldiers Field press lounge raised briefly in the second period when Vern Miller (he weighed 295 after the Yale game in 1941) hoisted himself over the railing and out onto the narrow ledge to retrieve a wandering page of copy. It looked for a minute as if Vern planned a quick trip to the playing field, but he cased his form back over the groaning rail without mishap...
...Vern Drehmel kicked in the first goal from right inside at the opening of the second period. Benny Goldstein and Ed Henshow made the other two scores...
...Vern Miller, also of the Globe, heaped another load of the weed of praise on the Valpey system, calling the upset a "staggering and glittering offensive victory . . . certainly the most spectacular Harvard decision over a major opponent in a decade . . . one of hope for Collegiate football's future in New England...
...infield needed tightening. He had a newcomer, Vern Stephens (an expensive refugee from the St. Louis Browns) at shortstop. A reformed shortstop, Johnny Pesky, was playing third base. And Joe had a rookie first baseman, Billy Goodman, who took a while to get warmed up, and was now proving to be one of the league's best...
...Terrace Hotel. Now, after practice, he goes directly to his own room, has his bottle of ale sent up, apparently enjoying and certainly inviting hostility. When asked by a Manhattan newspaperman (a man he had known for 20 years) what made him prefer Johnny Pesky at third base and Vern Stephens at shortstop, McCarthy snapped: "I just pushed a button and they came out that way." Marse Joe has been called a push-button manager by sportwriters-and dislikes it as strongly as the late John McGraw resented being called "Muggsy...