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Coach Chase does not plan any changes in the team which started the last two games. "Gipper" Gebelein and Albie Everts both were shaken up by the St. Nicks, but their condition is not bad enough to keep them out of action...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: CRIMSON SIX FACES CRUCIAL TEST TONIGHT IN TIGER FRAY | 2/14/1942 | See Source »

...Griffith's unassisted goal tied matters at 1 to 1. Then Earl Acker, center of the Sophomore third line, put the puck chasers out ahead with a marker on which Marc Beebe assisted. A runaway seemed imminent when Gordy McGrath counted for the first line on a pass from "Gipper" Gebelein. At the end of the first period the Crimson thus had a substantial 3 to 1 lead...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Six Loses Early 3-1 Lead, Bows To St. Nicks Team 6-4 at Rye | 2/12/1942 | See Source »

...Bill Cunningham said the reason was that years before, when Notre Dame's immortal George Gipp lay dying, he had called for Knute Rockne. "If things ever get too tough for Notre Dame," Gipp was supposed to have said, "ask the boys to score one for Gipper." Rockne had saved this one for a special occasion. On the day when Notre Dame met Army, he let the boys have it between halves. According to Bill Cunningham, as Notre Dame's back plunged over for the winning touchdown, the Army line could hear him mutter: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ill-tempered Clavichord | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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