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...order of their standing in the class, the graduating West Point cadets stepped forward to get their diplomas. No. 296 was burly Felix ("Mr. Inside") Blanchard, still looking like a terrifying fullback imperfectly disguised in full-dress uniform. A roar filled the hall. Then, 305th in the line of 310, came his boyish sidekick, Glenn ("Mr. Outside") Davis. His ovation was the noisiest ever heard in the West Point field house...
Before reporting for duty as an infantry second lieutenant Davis was off to Hollywood to make a movie with Blanchard for $50,000 each. They would play their last game together at Manhattan's Polo Grounds in September, with the College All-Stars against New York's professional Giants. West Point-and the U.S. at large-would not soon forget Army's invincible eleven, unbeaten in three years, and Blanchard and Davis, who made...
...Department didn't want Doc Blanchard & Glenn Davis to be selfish about their pro football (TIME, Feb. 10). Nevertheless, it would be all right for Messrs. Inside & Outside to make a movie on summer leave, the Department announced, and added the wistful hint that sometime soon another film could be shot on West Point's handsome campus...
...Cost of Blanchard & Davis' West Point education to the U.S. taxpayers: $20,000 apiece...
Bill Jackson threw the 16 pound shot 47 feet 4 inches, his best effort this season, finishing five inches behind IC4A winner, Doc Blanchard. Pete Garland and Gene Harrigan tied for second in the high-jump at five feet eleven inches, and Frank Gurley, eclipsing his personal record, ran second to Army's Heptagonal cross country king, Fred Knauss in the mile...