Word: witte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lion goalie Stew Witt had an awful time with his left fullback, Ekkehard Boellert, a 6 ft., 6 in., 250 lb. specimen who seemed to be in the right place at the right time by divine intervention, but was obstructing Witt's view of the play. The following exchange resulted...
Dean Munro, standing behind the Columbia nets, was fascinated by the verbal battle, and added to what must surely be the talkingest game on record by giving Witt a short account of his own days as a goalie...
...deception was not too broad. Said Writer-Producer Goodman Ace, whose opening Big Party earned Stanton's ire because it falsely purported to be a soiree at the Waldorf: "Does Mr. Stanton want me to believe that Rochester works for Jack Benny, that it was really George De Witt's own hair on Name That Tune?" Comedians moaned that without canned laughter they may well get none at all; politicians feared that they may have to tell when their speeches are ghosted. If absolute honesty prevails, observed New York Herald Tribune Critic Marie Torre, TV men may have...
...Ekpebu and inside John Mudd should get a good opportunity to use their considerable scoring talents this afternoon. Ellington should be a pleasant change from the long line of excellent goalies the Crimson has had to face this fall-Scotty Holmes of Amherst, Bob Adams of Williams, and Stew Witt of Columbia, among others...
Columbia's goalie, Stew Witt, put in a fine game, despite his difficulties with the hulking Boellert. It seemed that the big fullback was blocking the goalie's view of the game--often a fatal mistake. Throughout the game, conversations like the following went on between...