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...sure to blow up in the end. Tell the second baseman to play around, like Ullman doesn't, and the pitcher to keep out of the hole, like ours don't, play for the run, and you'll win. Anybody batting over a thousand gets a tryout with the Braves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AUTHORITIES VOICE COMMENDATION OF ATHLETIC REVIVAL | 5/7/1927 | See Source »

...next season. Last week Mrs. Charlotte Grief (daughter of Mme. Schumann-Heink), who lives in Leipzig, sailed for Europe. Mme. Schumann-Heink went to see her off, encountered a group of reporters, took the opportunity to announce that she had signed the contract. "What I did was only a tryout. They wanted to see if I could sing any more and I believe they found I could. Honest to God, I'm happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Don Quichotte | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

Work in the Hemenway Gymnasium wrestling rooms ended temporarily Thursday afternoon with all the tryout matches completed and a team of seven men chosen for the hard contest with Princeton, which is to take place this evening at Nassau. The team took a 3 o'clock train south yesterday afternoon and will arrive at Princeton with plenty of time to work out on the Orange mat in preparation for this evening's meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG OPPONENTS TO MEET CRIMSON OUTFITS | 2/27/1926 | See Source »

These Charming People. Michael Arlen's second play burst upon Broadway with a vast fanfare of enthusiasm. It was reported a great success in tryout; it employed a brilliant cast. Accordingly when it turned out to be a tawdry, dull and not particularly intelligent adventure, bitterness rose in the spectators' breasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 19, 1925 | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

Trials for candidates for the University Instrumental Clubs, which began last night, will continue this evening. Men wishing to tryout will report at the Music Building between 7 and 9 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Instrumental Trials Continue | 10/1/1925 | See Source »

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