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...happiest days in the hard-riding, spur and saber atmosphere of the vanishing Army posts of the West. In an age that produced Army men of many talents-generals who could double as diplomats, showmen, orators or businessmen-"Skinny" Wainwright, a fine horseman,* a crack shot and an all-round good officer, was never anything but a soldier. He had no conspicuous hobbies, outstanding social virtues or noteworthy vices. But his men believed in him, and they followed him to the limit at Bataan and Corregidor...
...Shall Know Them also contains a halfhearted love story which in no way hides the fact that the book is more a polemic than a novel. On the other hand, since experts have always had trouble defining the novel too, the best all-round term may be: an entertaining tropi...
...bench; and more than 50 colleges quit football because they had neither the money nor the manpower to support the huge two-platoon squads. Last week, abruptly ending an unhappy era, the N.C.A.A.'s football rules committee abolished the two-platoon system, gave the game back to the all-round man-and the spectators...
Matching his point score against the all-round cowpokes who also compete in calf roping, steer wrestling and saddle-bronc riding. Tompkins then outclassed the field for all-round honors with 30.935 points...
Hustle & Bustle. In 1952, taking aim on the all-round title, Tompkins set out to top the other 2,500 members of the Rodeo Cowboys' Association. He set himself a backbreaking. hustling schedule around the rodeo circuit: 7,000 miles in his Cadillac, another 30,000 by air. At one time, chartering a plane with two other cowboys, he made five rodeos in four days. Another time, boarding commercial air liners for night flights ("It's cheaper than paying hotel bills"), Tompkins made overlapping shows in New York, Omaha, Denver. Boston and San Francisco. The hustle & bustle paid...