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...beginning of the second half, the Crimson roared back, outscoring the Cardinals 9 to 1 in the first five minutes. Some fine shooting by Ed Cuffe and good defense and rebounding by Bryant Danner led the Crimson surge. The varsity moved to within three points, 52 to 49, with ten minutes remaining, but Wesleyan recovered. A three-point play by Dick Dubanoski gave the Cardinals a 59-52 spread with only eight minutes left, and it was all over for the varsity...
TRIUMPH IN THE WEST (438 pp.)-Arthur Bryant-Doubleday...
...best-kept secrets of World War II was spilled by British Historian Arthur Bryant in a book called The Turn of the Tide (TIME, May 20, 1957). Who really devised the strategy that defeated Germany? Bryant's answer: General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941 to 1946. How did Historian Bryant know? Because the general -now Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke-had said so in his diary, which is the meat and bones of The Turn of the Tide. As Brooke saw it, the Americans were military chumps and not always well-meaning ones. His boss...
Triumph in the West concludes Author Bryant's rationalization and happy acceptance of Alanbrooke's diaries as the handbook of Allied strategy. Bryant's pattern is the same: Alanbrooke coming up with the answers almost before the problems presented themselves; then low-military-IQ types such as Eisenhower, Marshall, Bradley and Churchill stepping in to upset his foolproof traps for the enemy. Triumph begins in September 1943, ends with a diary entry in June of 1946. The book's thesis is that Alanbrooke tried to draw the Germans out to the very periphery of Fortress Europa...
...Bryant Danner returns after a year's absence to assume forward duties. Gifted with extraordinary jumping ability, Danner should be a big asset in the rebounding department. For a man of 6 ft., 4 in., he moves very well, and he can score with the best. Danner is chiefly remembered for his 30-point outburst against Yale two seasons...