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Some 180 Class members have arranged to wear full fireman's regalia, with a ten-piece fireman's band and an old-style fireman's hand pump in the vanguard of the procession...
This year the Class of 1928 decided on the fireman scheme--the first time it has been used--through a simple process of elimination. "First someone suggested Russians, Cossacks I suppose he meant," Victor O. Jones '28 remarked Sunday night, "but we rejected that because of the present situation. Another thought was pirates. Firemen won probably for the nice color and the coolness...
...Fireman. In Waco, Tex., when three women tried to help him fight a fire in his room, 74-year-old Bachelor Tug J. Boleman decided to let the building burn up, later explained: "Women make me nervous...
...Godin, fireman of the 1947 Varsity squad, will probably get the nod for the first pitching assignment of the season against Johns Hopkins. On the basis of his performance yesterday in an inter-squad practice game Godin has the speed and control which Samborski seeks to develop in the rest of his mound staff. Other hurlers on whom Samborski will rely are "Reds" Connolly, John Hansen, and Barry Turner...
Samborski is also looking for a new keystone combine to replace Saul Mariaschin and ex-captain Jack Forte, and he will need a few more pitchers to supplement righthander Bill Connolly and fireman Ira Godin. New talent looks strong here, however, and the coach isn't worried...