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...Jitters. In Milwaukee, arrested on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge after a college football game, Robert Kes-selhon, 24, admitted drinking 15 martinis, theorized that the reason he had been found asleep on a neighbor's davenport was that "somebody must have put something in my drinks." As the Twig Is Bent. In Miami, ex-Seabee Francis Osborn, 26, spotted a bulldozer parked near a street-repair job, climbed aboard and happily chased ten policemen about the city streets, explained testily as he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon: "I just wanted...
...that a Rose Bowl victory might cost the Spartans a great deal more than their tickets to Pasadena. Even without the services of Pinup Boy Ronnie Knox, U.C.L.A. was far too tough for its cross-town rival, U.S.C. Behind the bruising drive of Tailback Sam Brown and Fullback Bob Davenport, the Bruins overpowered the Trojans 17-7, won their third straight Pacific Coast Conference championship and the unenviable privilege of trying to bottle up Michigan State's multiple offense come New Year...
...bright as their billing. Linemen charged with bone-crushing power, wingbacks moved with split-second precision. When defense men tackled, their opponents dropped. In all, Ronnie completed six passes, three for touchdowns. Whenever he wanted to keep the Aggies honest, he was able to send 210-lb. Bob Davenport, one of the best fullbacks in the country, bulling through the line. For the first time in his seven-year career at U.C.L.A., Sanders has a team that can either "go over 'em or through 'em." Final score: U.C.L.A. 21, Texas...
...honors in 1912 at 18, won a scholarship to Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration, graduated there with distinction in 1914, earned enough money tutoring to travel in Europe. Served overseas as a captain in the Yankee Division in World War I, came home to marry Mary Davenport of Americus, Ga. in 1918. They have a son, Marion B. Jr., 29, a graduate student, and a daughter, Frances, 25, a teacher...
Meanwhile, the desert, offering many things to many men, is still attracting increasing numbers of new settlers. Some, like Tucson Businessman Larry Sierck, who migrated from Davenport, Iowa five years ago and is still in his 30s, come for the opportunities of the fresh new land. Others, like William Bentham and his wife, who left Los Angeles when Bentham got ulcers in his city job, come for the healthy climate and the pleasant living. Today the ulcers are gone and the Mojave Desert location has turned into valuable property. "But, hell," he says, "if we sold, where would...