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...publications seem to possess is Biff Glassford's. It must be admitted that the young New Hampshire coach has all the qualifications for the post, even if Bill Bingham is sincere in his present quandary and no living human really knows the identity of the next mastermind on Soldiers Field. The new coach will probably be in his thirties, will be a standout in his present job, and will undoubtedly be unfamiliar to most football fanciers in America...
Boston correspondents, nevertheless, made full use this afternoon of their right to free speculation. The Record's leading blaster, Dave Egan, pointed his prophetic pen at 32-year of "Biff" Glassford of New Hampshire University, "one of the greatest young coaches in the country." In two years, Glassford has lost only one game, the recent Glass Bowl contest in Toledo...
...Love of Mike, who turned down Harvard?" one alumnus was reported as saying. Biff Glassford, coach of the Wildcats, was quoted as saying that his team had been offered the opening date at the Stadium and that the Athletic Council, a department of the University faculty, "had met and rejected the offer which supposedly carries a 5,000-dollar guarantee...
...fresh and stupid, he has been boot-boxed once and threatened to be pumped* several times. . . . My tail is better but the hard benches hurt it a little. I rub it with Arnica but it is not easy. . . . The only ball I received I nobly missed, and it landed biff! on my stomach, to the great annoyance of that intricate organ, and to the great delight of all present. ... I should very much like a red turtle neck sweater...
...summer bachelor since his wife and daughter went back to Independence, Harry Truman took two nights off for stag parties. He attended a dinner for his old friend Leslie L. ("Biff") Biffle, secretary of the Senate, and went out to Washington's swank Burning Tree Country Club, where he was initiated as the club's newest member. Over the weekend he cruised down the Potomac...