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Died. Elliott White Springs, 63, fun-loving textile magnate, author and World War I flying ace; of cancer of the pancreas ; in Manhattan. After bagging twelve German planes and winding up the war as the U.S.'s fourth-ranking ace (after Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Luke and George Vaughn), Springs could not cotton to settling down at work in the family cotton mills in South Carolina. He flitted off to Paris, ground out a bestselling Warbirds tale of his flying exploits, plus ten other books and many magazine articles. He came back to the mills in 1928, eventually earned about...
...with its usual fanatically tough line up front, Dartmouth was clearly the superior team. With the added advantage of having the heavy 25-mile-per-hour wind at their backs for three quarters of the game, Dartmouth handily managed to put over a second period touchdown and a fourth period field goal...
Down 6 to 0 towards the end of the third quarter, the varsity received a punt on their 27-yard line and moved steadily to a first down on the Dartmouth 37. In three plays the Crimson moved to the 29, but with fourth and two Chet Boulris was stopped by DeHaven after a gain of one yard. The advance stopped, and Dartmouth remained in control for the rest of the game...
...Quincy House elevator system swallowed its third victim of the season last night, when Peter M. Sieglaff '62, found himself trapped between the fourth and fifth floors in the central shaft from 5 p.m. until...
Left halfback Hobie Armstrong, the Yardlings' own Jim Brown, was the work-horse of the team, making several crucial first downs. Hatch, however, was the star of the day. In the fourth period, with fourth down and 20 yards to go, and the Crimson in punt formation, Hatch was trapped behind the line, but broke away around left end for first down deep in Dartmouth territory...