Word: york
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only one U.S. orchestra-the New York Philharmonic-is older than the St. Louis Philharmonic. Founded 20 years before the city's professional orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Philharmonic has attracted generation after generation of St. Louis families to its ranks, has sent alumni by the score into virtually every major U.S. orchestra. Its quality amazes visiting conductors, especially Europeans unaccustomed to amateur playing on such an ambitious scale. Last week's concert included, in addition to the Beethoven selection, Mozart's Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra, Chausson's Poem for Violin...
...bare 2 yds. away from the quarter back, returning his stare in challenge, waits the key man of the proud New York Giant defense: Middle Linebacker Sam Huff (6 ft. 1 in., 230 lbs.), a confident, smiling fighter fired with a devout desire to sink a thick shoulder into every ball carrier in the National Football League...
Mezzanine Jungle. Best of all pro defenses is the New York Giants', and Linebacker Huff is the acknowledged best in football. Last year Huff's defensive team gave up the league low of 3.6 yds. per opponent carry, hoisted the team into the championship playoffs, where it finally lost, 23-17, to the Baltimore Colts in an overtime period. This year the Giant tacklers are tougher than ever, have yielded a grudging 3.0 yds. per rush (league average: 4.1 yds.), given up only eight touchdowns in the past seven games (longest scoring run allowed...
...game (CBS's pro-football TV audience: some 20 million) and planning to expand to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Dallas next year. What is more, the newly formed American Football League, headed by Dallas Oilman Lamar Hunt, has high hopes of playing next year in Houston, Dallas, New York, Denver, Boston, Buffalo and Los Angeles. Says Hunt: "Unless the N.F.L. folds, there will be two professional football leagues next year...
Widening Search. While the subcommittee was trying to get the facts on Musicman Clark, investigators were widening their search. New York County D.A. Frank Hogan subpoenaed the financial records of eleven record companies; one owner immediately announced that he had a pile of canceled $100 checks endorsed by disk jockeys. The story would take some time to unfold. "The last thing most people in this industry want is to clean it up," admitted one musicman. "It's too lucrative for too many people...