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...third place, 15 points, was a lowly Pfc. named Thad McArthur, 23. A letterman swimmer at the University of Washington (class of '50), stocky (5 ft. 9 in., 160 Ib.) McArthur, like most able-bodied youngsters, had found himself drafted into the Army soon after graduation. His natural all-around athletic ability won him no fast promotions, but it did earn him a shot at West Point's pentathlon training camp...
George Kell is the best all-around third baseman in the League. He's not hitting well this season but he's never failed to clear .300 in the past few seasons. And he's only...
...when he was requested to become what was known as a Government Interne. Inspired by Roosevek's 1938 effort to reform the Civil Service, financed by John D. Rockefeller, and run by the National Institute of Public Affairs, the Government Interne plan recruited forty college juniors of all-around ability and put them to work for a year. Although the plan offered no pay, for that would have enmeshed it in the Civil Service seniority and protocol system, it offered students a quick way to enter whatever agency they wished...
Burke, back at defense because of Bill Bliss' injury, led the Crimson with four goals and three assists, and played his usual fine all-around game. Center Norm Wood, a sophomore who has shown much promise, also banged home four tallies...
Football injuries have so far sidelined big Jeff Coolidge, a star of the '54 club from whom Weiland expects much: "He's a hard body-checker, and an all-around rugged player...