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Where It Belongs. In the House, the Truman forces made a flank attack on the powerful old Rules Committee. The committee is the House's traffic cop, assigning right of way to all legislation moving through the House. Dominated by a crusty alliance of Republican and Southern Democratic members, it had often muzzled New Deal legislation when its job was simply to monitor...
Captain Chip Gannon will start at guard and high Bill Prior will jump at center. Ed Smith and Pete Petrillo will flank Prior and the other guard will be Cliff Crosby...
...left flank, to the north, were four Communist columns under Red General Chen Yi. Chiu's right flank to the south was menaced by another eight columns of Chen's troops. Ahead, Li and Chiu faced three strong Communist defense lines between them and the beleaguered General Huang. "This is the bitterest fighting I have ever experienced," said General Li. "I have orders from the Generalissimo to advance at any cost. Communists we have captured say they have been told to fight to the death to hold the line." In eight days Li had advanced ten miles...
...line of scrimmage, and with straight-ahead man Shafer out of the game, the Elis were able to stop anything through the middle. Valpey solved the problem with two bread-and-butter plays that have been gaining ground all fall--the wing-back off-tackle slant to one flank and the tailback sweep and or cutback to the other. Moffle, the wingback, clicked off 149 yards and tailback Roche added an other 130, including the two payoff long-gainers in the final period...
...fake punt and run play, Eliot's Jim Rossiter ripped 30 yards off the flank. Troop Wilder gained 13 more off tackle and then tossed to Roger Pugh in the end zone for a score. The visitors scored again just before the half ended on a run around right...