Word: fields
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...would be proof that Hill Prince was something more than just a fine sprinter. Proof was deferred. Moving up at the five-sixteenths pole, Hill Prince scraped the rail, lost his stride, found himself hopelessly blocked by the laggards at the head of the stretch, finished ninth in a field of eleven. The winner: Hal Price Headley's Lotowhite, 18 to 1. Said Eddie Arcaro: "That race doesn't prove a thing...
...practice of avoiding doubleheaders by scheduling morning and afternoon games instead (and incidentally collecting two admissions) is an Ebbets Field custom that has long irked Brooklyn fans. With a grand chance to win his constituents' esteem, Brooklyn Assemblyman Lawrence P. Murphy, a Democrat, introduced a bill in the New York State legislature last winter to prohibit such splitting of doubleheaders. Amid outraged cries from the Dodger front office ("An improper exercise of police power"), the bill passed both houses. Then it went to Governor Dewey for signature...
Rosenfeld had more than new dresses to show off; he had also brought out a line of low-priced women's suits, his first venture into that field. He got the idea from Adam Gimbel, president of Manhattan's Saks Fifth Avenue, who asked Rosenfeld for some summer suits to sell for $25. In less than six weeks, Rosenfeld sold 125,000 suits to stores all over the U.S., and Saks alone thinks that it may sell...
...more importance to the Yardlings than the lopsided score, however, was a first period injury to Bitsy Grant, leading scorer for the Crimson. Grant was hit simultaneously by three men and was carried off the field with a groin injury...
...rugby team evened its season's record at three wins and three defeats with an 8 to 0 victory over M.I.T. Saturday afternoon on the Tech football field. Scoring twice in the first half, the Crimson ruggers dominated the whole game...