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...Hell on the Hudson." West Point rules and traditions struck Plebe Robert Woods like a tidal wave on the morning after his mad dash to get there. Reporting to the cadet adjutant, he got this greeting: "Wipe that smile off, Mr. Dumbjohn, or whatever your name is! Brace up! Suck up your guts! More! Get rid of that gabardine coat! Get those shoulders back! Pull your chin in! Further! Further! Where 're you from? The Navy? What part of the Navy? Oh, Annapolis, eh? . . ." The next few minutes of scorn were enough to wither an asbestos monkey...
...months later the ist was ferried onto an enemy shore again-this time on Lingayen Gulf, where three years before the Japs had landed. The 1st's spectacular dash to Manila was only its first job on Luzon. It is still there, routing out Japs...
...yard dash-Won by Fechtor (B); second, Bates (B); third, Fritts (H); fourth, Crowell (B). Time-10.3 sec. 220-yard dash-Won by Fritts (H); second, Fechtor (B); third, Clark (H); fourth, Cosgrove (T). Time-23.3 sec. Mile run-Won by Blanchard (T); second, Robbins (H); third, Foster (T); fourth, Bray (B). Time-4 min., 32.6 sec. Two-mile run-Won by Jolly (T); second, Hoverman (B); third, Martin (T); fourth, Fulton (T). Time...
High hurdles-Won by Jenkins (H); second, O'Brien (B); third, Sleicher (B); fourth, Hunter (H). Time-15.9 sec. Low hurdles-Won by Hunter (H); second, Porter (T); third, Jenkins (H); fourth, O'Brien (B). Time-26.6 sec. 440-yard dash-Won by Fechtor (B); second, Clark (H); third, Steinbauer (H); fourth, Ellis (H). Time...
...official charges: "Extreme cruelty." Her unofficial reaction: "A very pleasant mar riage." Died. The Reverend Eric Liddell, 44, Scottish athlete and missionary to China; in a Japanese internment camp. At the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Theology Student Liddell refused to run his special ty, the 100-meter dash, on Sunday, next day set Olympic and world records with a 47-6-second 400-meter...