Spring rookies set to challenge veterans in new season
A veteran manager notes spring hits with many rookies emerging over decades. The piece recalls Cobb Ruth Frisch Greenberg and Alexander as standout rookie examples and warns that the second year tests fledgling stars while GI veterans may struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
McGraw
Fordham Flash
Hank Greenberg
Hartford
Beaumont
Detroit
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Syracuse
Phillies
Alex
Chuck Klein
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Jimmy Foxx
Athletics
del Ennis
Furillo
Whitman
Edward
Dodgers
Frank Frisch
G.I
Top sports name of 1946 and the year’s top performers
The author weighs 1946’s top names, arguing Stan Musial as best all around baseball player and Glenn Davis as top football figure, with Assault as leading horse and Ben Hogan as best golfer, noting no era legends present. The vote highlights competition-driven picks across sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
Eddie Dyer
Leo Durocher
Bob Feller
Stan Musial
Ted Williams
Hank Greenberg
Armed
Assault
Red Blaik
Frank Leahy
Jack Kramer
Ben Hogan
Eddie Arcaro
Bob Waterfield
Charlie Trippi
Davis
Blanchard
Joe Cronin
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Jack Dempsey
Jim Thorpe
Knute Rockne
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Glenn Davis
Musial
Notable Arrests and Local Incidents at a Glimpse
Eph Button, chairman of the drive for Better Understanding, was arrested after a fight at a traffic crossing. Chad Bennett re enlisted in the army after news of his wife’s family planning to visit. Sparrow Munce inherited skid chains and a storage battery. Chet Bozzle’s kids shot Chet, beat Mrs Bozzle, set the house on fire and strangled a cow after listening to juvenile radio programs. Hattie Skoggins is in town for a character makeover show. A heavy advertised show at Bunnell’s opera house stirred a sensation as it failed to be a revival. Plymouth church and two schoolhouses were sacked after a double feature at the Acme movie house. Zeb Hawkins’s mother turned 99 and fell from an airplane. Dimmick’s drug store added spring plows, barn paint, hunting supplies and fish dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph Button
Drive For Better Understanding
Chad Bennett
Bennett
Sparrow” Munce
Chet Bozzle
Chet
Bozzle
Hattie Skoggins
Bunnell’s
Opera House
Plymouth
Acme
Zeb” Hawkins
Dimmick
Radio stars toast milestones and new projects across major Hollywood networks
Western Union reports a wave of radio birthday and anniversary celebrations. NBC honors Kay Kyser with a Plaza luncheon while Bob Hope rides top Hooper ratings and Gale Storm stars in It Happened on Fifth Avenue. Jean Arthur returns to film in Foreign Affairs with Wilder and Brackett at Paramount. The Adventures of Sam Spade adds Lurene Tuttle and Howard Duff, with plans for a new Greg Hood project. Camel shortages and Seymour Neben zal’s Atlantis need 16 camels. Vaughn Monroe eyeing a Carnegie Hall screen musical, with a Fox screen test for a star turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plaza
NBC
Kay Kyser
College of Musical Knowledge
Gale Storm
Allied Artists
Fifth Avenue
Gale
Josephine Cottle
Texas
Jesse Lasky
Hollywood
Monogram
Jean Arthur
U. S
Germany
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett
Paramount
Katy Railroad Sells Travel On Charge Accounts
A verse laments the Katy railroad offering to bill travelers later for all costs including meals. The poem imagines riding the line on IOUs and paying after long delays, praising the ease of travel on credit and distant payments as if a drawing room privilege. The speaker envisions trains at specific times and routes with no immediate bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy” Railroad
Sleigh Ride Mishap Ends With Horse Reharnessing
A Milford church auction cutter and a horse from Tex Neven’s stables led to a comical mishap on Cherry street as Queenie bolted from the shafts. Tex returned with haywire to secure the horse, while townsfolk laughed at the runaway. The narrator vows revenge on the Victrola owner who played Oh What Fun It Is to Ride In a One-Hoss Open Sleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickwick
Milford Church
Queenie
Tex Neven
Cherry Street
Tex
Recipe for Success 1947
A quirky verse-like note urges Seek the spotlight, act with brass and always smile like a silly lass.
Quirky Economic Snapshot and World News Snippet
The piece lists old time leisure prices from five cents for rides and haircuts to a ten cent movie, then notes a $1000 mass market car and a singer causing glass to break, with a political jab about U N meetings and a reference to the Heids.
Shortage Shopper Hides Shortening in Store
A shopper admits hiding shortening in a self service grocery to avoid a sold out item she found yesterday. The clerk questions the purchase while reporting the incident. Authorities may review the case as a theft or shoplifting matter.
Churchill Speech Copy Acknowledged by Devonshire Liberal
A Devonshire liberal mp responded to Winston Churchill with thanks for the copies of speeches delivered in the House of Commons. The note referenced Beaconsfield and quoted the phrase I shall lose, signaling a cautious reaction to the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Devonshire
Churchill
House of Commons
Lord” Beaconsfield
Almanac praises and TV veterans noted in brief
Quotations and short blurbs recount praise for John Kieran’s Almanac and a TV star who is also a boxer and jiu jitsu artist. April 26 marks Lum and Abner’s 17th year on air. Breakfast in Hollywood draws mostly women, while men seek spots. Walter Gorman leaves Hollywood to script CBS Young Dr. Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kieran
Don MacLaughlin
David Harding
Gals
FBI
Lum
Abner
Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Gorman
CBS
Dr. Malone
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Cobb
Ruth
Augusta
Atlanta
Wagner
Tigers
Mopsy
Gladys Parker
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Bob Hope
Sam Spade
Lurene Tuttle
Howard Duff
Sam
Universal
Robert Cummings
Cathy
Elliott Lewis
Gregory Hood
Agnes Moorhead
North Africa
Seymour Nebenzal
Atlantis
Vaughn Monroe
Carnegie Hall
Vaughn
20Th Century- Fox
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
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Sonny
Katy
Jay
Vicks VapoRub
Cottenthiyance
Diogton Sry
Icks VapoRus
Frank Adams
Bellana
Louie
Elmer Twitchell
U. N
Loge
Nake
Lup
Anun
Inna
Eveready
Eyeready
Maxim
National Carbon Company, Inc
Asion Carbide and Carbon Corporation
East 42Nd Street
N. Y. Ois
American Standards Association
Raat
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