Long Distance Hitting Faces Fresh West Coast Competitors
The piece surveys sluggers Ralph Kiner and Luke Easter as likely challengers to Babe Ruth’s home run record, with Hank Greenberg weighing in. It notes Easter’s size and power, Williams and DiMaggio on the West Coast scene, and Army football’s Red Blaik eyeing a pivotal 1950 schedule clash with Stanford. Joe Louis’ plans for 1950 are uncertain, with a possible return fight framed as morbid.
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Paoee
West Coast
Ted Williams
San Diego
Pacific
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Luke Easter
Grantland Rice
Cleveland Indians
Kiner
Ralph
Hank Greenbergs
Jimmy Foxx
Greenberg
Paxs
Hack Wilson
Hank Greenberg
Easter
Hank
Rabe
Roth
Cleveland
Joe DiMaggio
Red Blaik
Army
Stanford
Pollard
Los Angeles
Loyola
Hudson
Bob Blaik
Stephenson
Cain
Notre Dame
Marchy Schwartz
Palo Alto
Clark Shaughnessy
Frankie Albert & Co
Joe Louis
Joe
Truth and Lies Over Cocktails on Broadway and Main
In a barroom debate, The Inch, Long George, Hogan, and a bartender clash over truth and deception. The talk veers from a trucker’s ruined marriage to a Fort Knox joke, ending with the bartender ejecting the conspirators after a blunt lesson on truth’s danger.
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Long George
Hogan
Congress
Fort Knox
Garden Dream Romance in a Moonlit Garden
Bryant dreams of a garden romance with Doris LaPlante as Laura and a real awakening looms. The sequence follows a dreamlike courtship with riding golfing swimming and dancing, culminating in a kiss that may bind him to an unreal world.
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Ryant
Bryant
Laura
Doris
Doris LaPlante
Darling
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Jumble
A scrambled list of across and down crossword clues with numbered entries such as Epochs Tropical trash Stop Notion A nappe d tanned skin Holding devices Sounded Turkish title Neuter pronoun A shield division Athome Funeral pile Chin whisker Receivtac for coffee Milkfish Motherless calves Raise Conjuncts Line of junction Smallest state abbr Charge to services Talented A mocker Plague Clock fact Man's not Beach City Down Rights Regrets Helps Fish Born Abyss Remove Fuss River Mountain Girl's nick nae Droop in the Waiter middle vessel Method of Rational painting on Fresh plaster point The rise and fall of oceans Jolly boat A bishop's discord Silkworm Goddess of Companion archaic
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Gouse
Chile
Last Week's Answer Puzzles from 8 44 and 46 47
A compact clue set references thin tin plate, Isable, and Old times archaic terms. The notes appear as a puzzle answer row from a weekly column, listing entries 8 44 46 47 with short identifiers.
Privileged boy turns filmmaker and charity worker
Mezz Gerhard Hen Ronni Alcorn recalls 1932 reform school life and first clean bed and meal. He produced Johnny Holiday at that school and plans eight more United Artists releases. Kent Smith flew daily between Hollywood and San Francisco for My Foolish Heart. Vera Vague Barbara Jo Ablen discusses orchids and two hot houses. Teresa Wright invited husband Niven Busch to visit on The Men set. Robert Cummings' wife witnessed love scenes with Lizabeth Scott and Diana Lynn in Paid in Full.
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Ronnie Alcorn
Armmbition
Johnny Holiday
United Artists
Kent Smith
Hollywood
San Francisco
Teresa Wright
Niven Busch
Marlon Branda
Robert Cummings
Lizabeth Scott
Diana Lynn
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Chicago Bears
Sid Luckman
Washington
James
Lake Easter Eyes
DiMag
Harol Aket
Broadway
Main Street
By Billy Rose
Billy Rose
the Inch
Canarsie
George
Grace Noll Crowell
His
Mez Gerhard
Vera Vague
Jimmy Durante
NBC
Vera
Barbara Jo Ablen
New York
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