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...only as far as the town of Asola (pop. 2,304) and there sweated out the rest of the European war, on the second floor of a pink stucco house at No. 30 Via Toresano. The German headquarters was at No. 35, two houses away. Because the Germans' drill ground was directly across the street, they could not walk near a window. They never talked above a whisper...
...more contact work will be in order this week. Yesterday the Varsity defended against Rutger's plays as run by the Jayvees. The rest of the afternoon was devoted to punting and passing workouts and a long, spirited signal drill...
Converted end John Fiorentino filled the center slot during the drill and the lanky former Boston College High center seemed to be regaining his form rapidly. Both Nick Rodis and Howle Foster played the dual positions of guard and tackle...
...Cubans talked even more frankly. Senator "Eddie" Chibás charged that President Grau San Martin and his Army chief had double-crossed the expeditionaries. Certainly Cuba's Government-and Venezuela's and Guatemala's-had originally backed the filibuster. Last summer the invaders learned military drill on Cuban Government school grounds at Holguín, in eastern Cuba. Down to last week, Grau's close friend, Education Minister José Aleman, had kept many of them on his departmental payroll. His department put up most of the $1,500,000 expedition costs...
...their last home practice yesterday afternoon, the Varsity avoided contact work and devoted the three-hour session to a passing drill with Jim Kenary doing most of the throwing and to covering under punts and kick-offs. They polished it off with a signal-drill under the lights...