Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...warmest, most honest, interesting people I have met. I remember a Sunday afternoon in Cuernavaca when he took over a Mariachi band and gave us a concert of the lusty songs of Obregón's armies; an evening in the California bar when he hunched forward over a café table and practically mesmerized Orozco into sponsoring an exhibit of young Mexican artists; a night in my apartment where he kept a roomful of people silent until four-thirty in the morning, forgetting even their drinks, while he told how it was in Mexico during the Revolution...
...Sixty-five-year-old Charles Davis, who had paced nervously below his children at every performance of their high-wire balancing act, was ready when it happened in a Miami circus tent. As his son and daughter lost their balance and toppled, Davis hurled himself forward and cushioned their fall with his body. His children survived with back injuries; he suffered only bruises...
With six foot six inch Bill Prior and six foot three inch John Rockwell working out at the vital pivot slot. Barclay has moved Captain George Hauptfuhrer (six foot three inches) to forward. Hauptfuhrer, who broke the Crimson scoring record last year with 394 points, will return to his old center post only to jump when Rockwell is in the lineup...
...other forward berth, an open battle for starting nod rages between Clif Crosby, ex-Jayvee who has grown two inches since last year, and Walt McCurdy, voted most valuable player in the Navy for his outstanding work with the Iowa Seahawks, naval national champions...
Other members of the Varsity hoop squad are transfer student Erv Tomsovic, and two members of last year's Jayvee five, guard Rosy Rosinus and forward Frank Holt...