Word: captain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Until last week, English readers were in about the same case as the British Admiralty. Unlike his fellow captain Luckner's writings, Captain Nerger's book on his raiding exploits was not generally known outside Germany. The first account in English is by one of his prisoners. Roy Alexander, an Australian wireless operator, spent nine months in one of the two mine compartments which served as brig for the Wolfs sardined, polyglot prisoners (100 when he,arrived, 400 at the peak...
...typhus brought aboard by Japanese prisoners, nor even of scurvy, which began to rot them on the voyage home, through a hurricane that left the Wolf leaking 40 tons of water an hour, through the ice-jammed Arctic and the dreaded North Sea blockade. Eventually they felt for Captain Nerger the respectful gratitude due a hero who had saved their lives...
...race was held over a five-mile trail, and only Bill Watson of Yale and Dave Little of Princeton the Mikkolamen from sweeping the field. The Eli captain finished first in 27:08 and the Tiger was the runnerup, but the next seven places were taken by the Crimson...
...Captain Howie Mendel, still playing with two bum knees, was unable to function effectively as the Nassan eleven, playing with almost perfect passing and shooting, extended their undefeated streak to six games...
Dick was quick to heap praise on the Tigers, both collectively and individually. He paid especial tribute to Captain Bob Tierney, Peters, and Jackson. Asked if the absence of Herring weakened the Orange and Black line and allowed the Crimson attack to function for the first time since Chicago, the Harvard mentor replied that most of Spreyer's and Helden's thrusts were directed at the guards, not the tackles