Word: diamonditis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...staff of football coaches have already been notified that their contracts will not be renewed. But perhaps the greatest surprise of all was the announcement by Ogden P. Miller, athletic director, that the familiar figure of long-time favorite "Smoky Joe" Wood, will be missing from the Eli diamond next season...
Coach Adolph Samborski '25 opened practice the first week of February with a squad of 45, which dwindled and was cut to the 31 Yardlings that man the present squad. Practice is to be continued in the Cage until the weather permits use of the diamond on Soldiers Field...
...Canada's diamond-hard scientist and soldier, Lieut. General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, took straight to the President in Washington his theme for victory: brains, tanks and attack will win the war. Said General McNaughton, who commands Canada's overseas Army in Great Britain: "We are going to cross the Channel again. We are going to march through France and into Germany...
Dick Row, guard; Wayne Johnson, fullback, Ed Buckley, basketball flash; End Waldstein, lending Varsity pitcher; RUSS Stannard, tackle, and Finegan, basketball captain; Ross Whittior, J. V. football player, Cloo O'Dounell, wingback; Bart Harvey, second baseman, and Bill Eilis are the men who have transfer from the gridiron, diamond, and basketball court to the "Halls of Mohtozuma and the Shorea of Tripoll...
...night the moon still bowed her pale head above the sea. The languorous trade wind drifted across the water. Storms broke on the dark crest of Diamond Head, stalked down the swift slope to the harbor. But Hawaii was not the same. Alone in the great quiet of the Pacific, 2,100 miles from any continent, Hawaii waited. The tension was strung tight as harp wires...