Word: bets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These men are so evenly rated that the varsity coach still doesn't know which five will start tonight. Smith, a loose, six-foot five push shot and re-bound specialist, seems like a sure bet for one of the forwards. The other will be either sophomore Jim Gabler or ex-football player Pete Petrillo. In the pivot it will be either John "Rock" Rockwell or high Bill Prior...
Eight men are in the running: centers John Rockwell and Bill Prior; forwards Jim Gabler, Ed Smith, and Pete Petrillo; and guards Walt McCurdy, Dick Covey, and Cliff Crosby. Smith, last year's hot-handed freshman captain, seems like the only sure bet to start Saturday...
...move to bolster the back line, Chase this week shifted forward Charlie Coulter back to his natural position where he will team with the veteran Dick Greeley. Bill Yetman will probably open as goalie in the post vacated by retiring captain Jack Lavalle, but Johnny Chase is a safe bet to see a good deal of net minding action and so may sophomore goalie Phil Clark...
...that red-blooded Americans ought to do, especially with the world in the awful fix it's in. But it sure is lucky that the younger generation hasn't figured out how to make those atom bombs, considering the way young rowdies are blowing up everything in sight. You bet your sweet life it's lucky...
...mines and railroads. But mostly, their heads are filled with the heroes that grew as the nation grew. "It's more fun than arithmetic," said one eighth-grader. "I wish we had a blue ox like Babe out on my dad's ranch. I'll bet she'd dig him a stock pond just like she dug Lake Michigan...