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...merely laughed and carried me upstairs in his arms." On other occasions, Billie screamed, threw china, tore draperies off windows. During these spells, Ziegfeld regarded her quietly and smoked long cigars. "The trouble with you, Billie," he once said, "is that when you accuse me, you always pick the wrong girl...
Eagerly the crowd closed in on the flag, tore pieces from it. Suddenly the whine of a racing jeep motor sent the people scurrying. Soviet soldiers had finally looked around just in time to see the flag coming down. Their jeep roared up to the gate, swung sharply around to face the crowd from Soviet territory. Five Russian soldiers swung their Tommy guns menacingly; three shots were fired...
...Cards won three consecutive pennants, two World Series. In 1945, Billy left St. Louis for a fat offer from the "Three Steamshovels," as Boston calls the rich contractors who own the Braves. The team jumped from sixth place to fourth, then to third last year. The delighted Steamshovels tore up Billy's old contract, gave him an even fatter one (his present salary...
...locker room, the Dodgers tore off muddy, sweated uniforms, ripped off bloody bandages, replayed the ball game in the subjunctive, and joked uneasily about next week's salary checks. But Owner Rickey was not planning to fire the team just yet. Said he: "They tell me it takes longer to make a fine football team than a fine baseball team. Give us time...
When the Saturday Evening Post learned that Collier's had signed up the star coaches, it angrily tore up its own contract with the Football Coaches' Association, which had picked the Post's All-Americas. This week, while the Post looked for substitutes, Collier's calmly prepared to add the association to its list of pickers. Even without Granny Rice's autograph on it, Collier's appeared to have recovered the ball...