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...come one of the best first basemen in the game. After seven years at first base, Greenberg ungrudgingly agreed to shift to the outfield last year "for the good of the team" - to make room in the daily lineup for alternate Catcher Rudy York, a mighty batter. Greenberg's metamorphosis from star first baseman to star outfielder within six months was one of the outstanding baseball feats...
Sandy Macmillan at short, A1 Everts at second, and Brooks Heath, holding down the first sack, together with Butler, make up a green infield which is improving steadily. Macmillan, a left-handed batter, who hits long and hard when he connects, is at present holding the lead-off post in the batting order. Al Everts is batting for .381, and is the most improved member of the team. His tennis experience has given him a good eye for the ball. Heath played in the outfield at school, but handles his first-base job fairly well, although he lacks vital game...
...Phil Smith. Cornell led until the first of the seventh and last inning as a result of a run in the fourth. In the seventh Whittemore drove in the tying run only to have Cornell come back in their half with another. This was the result of a hit batter, two singles and an error by Ayres on the relay to the plate. Smith pitched the whole game for the Big Red and gave up only two hits, singles, to Captain Keyes and Lou Clay...
...whole world knew that it was to German advantage to strike, hard and quickly, for many reasons: to relieve pressure on backtracking Italy, to batter down the last resistance in the Balkans, to bring France and Spain solidly into the German orbit, to smash the centre of the British Empire-and its No. 1 fleet base-before U. S. help to Britain reaches decisive proportions. The incredibly optimistic British waited for the attack, fortified from beach to beach, and serene in the conviction that "old Hitler's" attempt at invasion would be surest proof of his desperation...
...tank rifle, bigger than an elephant gun. which the Germans copied from the Poles and with which every infantry platoon is now supposed to be equipped. Most impressive is the constant presence of artillery far up in the front lines. Wherever there are tanks, there too is artillery, to batter enemy tanks. Engineers are everywhere, too, building pontoon bridges, clearing debris, mining obstacles. The slow, energy-saving step of the infantry is impressive...