Word: ace
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before the war, Johnny Littler was a China coaster, sailing offshore and threading the tricky passages of the Yangtze. Through the war, he was one of the Royal Canadian Navy's ace navigators. On Atlantic convoy duty, said he, "the Admiral thought nothing of going to sleep while I took the squadron through the Smalls" (reefs at the entrance to Bristol Channel). With Littler as navigator, Canada's first cruiser, the Uganda, steamed 80,000 miles and never missed a rendezvous. Littler gave radar much of the credit, called it the most valuable...
...fourth Harvard win of the season Boston has a slightly juggled lineup. Jim Westfall, a Freshman star last year who became eligible for Varsity competition at midterm, will wrestle at 128 against Cadet ace Arnold Raabe...
Three more have gone for good; graduation has claimed linemen Johnny Crocker and Bob Feloney, while Lew Preston has passed up the honor of playing for the Crimson to cast his lot with the A.A.U. Olympic pretenders. On the positive side of the ledger, ace defenseman Charlic Coulter has recovered from pneumonia and is ready to resume his duties, John Monroe will bolster the goal-guarding staff, Jack Carman is up from the freshman team, and Chase has hopes for the return Bill Garrity to duty...
Berg plans one more transfusion for the forward line before officially declaring it cured. Ace guard Fred Wegner will start in an attack position in the spring term opener against Tabor Academy. Berg hopes to be able to settle down for the long siege of top notch quintets which follow one another on the second team agenda...
...Drohan, ace diver, should have little trouble capturing tonight's contest, as his opponents finished behind Tech with a pitifully low score. Another Crimson swimmer almost sure to win is Ted Morris, whose mastery of the quarter-mile event has been unchallenged this season...