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...Florida sunshine, however, revealed serious faults in Lary's fielding. What to do? A young man on the substitute bench, Leo Durocher, had the answer. Durocher is 23. He did not cost $75,000, nor one-tenth that much. He has been on the Yankee "Yannigan" string for several years. Huggins liked him because he was alive. When the oldtimers "rode"' Durocher he talked back. He even wrote them fresh letters in his off hours. When Durocher talked this time he had the right answer. He wanted to play shortstop. That is just what he will...
...debonair, lives a crowded schedule. He begins the day at 7 o'clock by consuming eight newspapers, dictates mysteries until 10 a.m., breakfasts, resumes writing until 1. In the afternoons he supervises his play rehearsals, inspects cinema versions of his stories, or attends the races. He owns a string of horses and squanders a literarily fabulous income...
...With two gestures of convincing sincerity Edward of Wales did much to forestall that. The first gesture was his report on the unemployment situation, which he denounced in heartfelt fashion as "A ghastly mess! Worse than I would ever have believed!" His second gesture was to sell his whole string of horses, renounce the Royal sport of foxhunting, and settle down to the business of the Crown...
...Arthur Whiting concludes his series of Expositions of Chamber Music tonight when he appears in a concert at the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall in the Music Building at 8.15 o'clock. The New York string quartet composed by Mr. Ottokar Cadek, first violin, Mr. Jaroslav Siskovsky, second violin, Mr. Ludvik Schwab, viola, and Mr. Bedrich Vaska, violin-cello, will assist Mr. Whiting...
...rather enjoyable time of year at Harvard leading up to the spring vacation is that it marks the closing of the series of Whiting concerts. Few music-lovers will be missing from Paine Hall tonight when the last one of the season will be given by the New York String Quartet. The program will be Ravel's Quartet in F Minor and the Quintet in F Minor by Brahms, and as usual the concert will take place at 8.15 o'clock...