Alan Greenwood

APRIL 13, 1950 – “George ‘Birdie’ Tebbetts, sore on the little finger of his throwing hand and sore at same from being damaged by a foul tip earlier this week, is back home today. ‘Broken or not, Birdie maintained sturdily, ‘I don’t intend to miss the opening series with the Yankees.’ ”

And to think there are big leaguers (assuming baseball returns from social distancing) who would land on the disabled list with a blister.

Also …

“Boston’s National League favorites, the Braves, were scheduled to arrive home today having cleaned up on their northward barnstorming tour yesterday with an 18-2 trouncing of the Class B Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League.

“Manager Billy Southworth will assign Connie Ryan to second base in tomorrow’s intra-city game against the Red Sox if Earl Torgeson is fit to play first.”

APRIL 13, 1955 – “Nick Rodis, former Nashua High sports star and currently holding down the assistant basketball coach at the University of Connecticut, has been named by the State Department to conduct hoop clinics in Greece, it was announced today.

“The appointment calls for a three-month tour of duty, which takes Rodis through all sections of the country to speak to high schools, amateur clubs amd boys club groups.”

How about a shout-out to a man who has donated enough time and effort for Nashua youth sports to cover several generations, Al Savage.

APRIL 13, 1960 – “The fourth annual Boys Biddy League Basketball League Dinner, under the auspices of the Nashua Lodge of Elks, set an attendance record last night as more than 550 persons jammed the junior high cafeteria to honor the small-fry hoopmen.

“And the feature of the evening was the naming of John Richard of the Lancers as Mr. Biddy Basketball and the selecting of Maurice Dichard of the Pistons as the recipient of the Best Sportsmanship award.”

APRIL 13, 1985 – “With 29 different competitors scoring, the Nashua High School boys track team had little trouble rolling past Merrimack, Alvirne and Trinity in a meet Friday

afternoon.

“John Rank posted a pair of first-place finishes for Nashua, taking the 100-meter and 200-meter races. He also anchored the winning relay team.

“James Richard was first in the 1,600 meters, with Carl Soares taking first place in the 3,200 meters.

“Todd Farrell won the high hurdles, Eric Nickerson took the 800 meters and Mark Daileanes captured the top spot in the shot put. Larry Ivory won the discus and Chris Dobbins was first in the pole vault.”

Contact Alan Greenwood at 594-1248 or agreenwood@nashuatelegraph.com.