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While most of the words that Colby discusses are suggested by his readers, Colby turned the tables in 1942 by asking them: What are the most euphonious English words? The top ten by popular vote: mother, memory, Cellophane, bellboy, melancholy, belladonna, flamingo, wilderness, tambourine, lavender. Last week Logophile Colby reported the results of a new readers' poll. Mother had slipped a bit, but was still listed among the top ten. There were eight new favorites. The 1950 hit parade: melody, lullaby, mimosa, memory, mellow, mother, moonbeam, murmuring, beautiful, lanolin...
...Bellboy defense engineered an expected victory over winless Pierson by demolishing the Eli attack, and by scoring eight of the 15 points. End Bob Esch broke through to block a punt on the Pierson 25 yard line, the ball bouncing into the Pierson end zone for a safety. In the third quarter guard Tony Ripley picked up a kick blocked by tackle Al Sweetser and scored from the Pierson 15. The Bellboy backfield scored when Brooks Wilder galloped 55 yards off tackle for a touchdown on the third play of the game...
Woodruff engineered the second Bellboy score by passing to Jim Noonan who spun out of the Commuter safety man's grasp to score standing up. Dudley tried to get back into the game in the second half with Dave Gilbert's running and Bob Whoriskey's passing, but Lowell's Irv Karassik stifled the Commuter threat by intercepting a pass on the Bellboy...
...Bellboy line opened up holes for the hard driving halfback Brooks Wilder at midfield, but the T attack always stalled near the goalline. Lowell nearly broke the deadlock in the last minute of play when a run by Bill Graves and a pair of passes from Bob Woodruff to flanker John Goldsmith moved the ball from the Bellboy 20 to the Winthrop 30 before the final whistle blew...
...game became a contest of line-power after the initial period. Lowell was held in its own territory except for a third-quarter drive to the Bunny 15, where it lost the ball on a fumble. Leverett recovered a Bellboy fumble on Lowell's 35-yard line in the final period and carried the ball to the 2, where the Bellboy line hold...