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...difficult to remember who first screened the Sutton Vane play, "Outward Bound," but it has been done before, and many of its ideas have been repeated in such films as "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and "A Guy Named Joe." Warner Brothers' current re-make is a bit too well cast, for in order to do justice to Paul Henreid, John Garfield, Sidney Greenstreet, George Coulouris, Edmund Gwenn, and a host of others, they have made a haunting idea into a long and talky picture...
...baseball experiences of the 25-year-old Florence, S. C. boy are also reminiscent of a scenario. Fresh out of Columbia Law School and Cumberland University, where he was a three letter man, Jordan signed a contract with the Philadelphia A's and was shipped off to Texarkana in the East Texas League, for the season...
That year the New York Giants were organizing to play a series in Cuba an all star club consisting of the best players from each minor league. Jordan was having a great year in which he was to end up leading the league in homers, with 33, and finishing second in doubles and runs-batted-in. Bubber Jonnard of the Giants was sent down to scout him, and s Jonnard sat in the stands unknown to Jordan, the Texarkana star walloped a double, triple, and homer. As he rounded the bases on his four-master, Jonnard bolted...
...Bucky has wonderful personality, and is always helping everyone." Jordan saw him drop a hint on pitching motion to Elmer Riddle, which Kirby thinks was "the turning point in Elmer's career." These are a few of the diamond personalities which the Radar School's athletic director has met, and he is a good friend of Bob Feller, Pepper Martin. Yank Terry, Cliff Melton and others. "Martin wants to buy my bird-dog, but I won't let him have...
...Diego in the Pacific Coast League for Jordan the next year and another fine season. The sports writers enthusiastically wrote that "the Padres have found another Ted Williams." But that was the year of Pearl Harbor, too. Jordan joined the Navy on December...