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...Hard-Fought Contest...
...week, the clouds were lifting. Priestess Aiko had sent Wu charging back into competition. Without so much as a practice jump he squelched squat Utaro Hashimoto, the come-lately champion, breezed through the Yomiuri newspaper's big tournament, hoped to reclaim his old title by early 1947 (one hard-fought go match took him three years to finish). Wu explained that he was not using his own mind at all; his moves were divinely inspired...
Uninformed, certainly. Lacrosse is a contact game and those unfamiliar with the rules have little right to publish their ignorance, representing fight and spirit as sadistic brawling by a gang of "sore losers." Discouraging to all Harvard men who are proud of their teams, who want to see hard-fought, yes, clean games...
G.I.s in the hard-fought Saar sector last week reported that the Germans battled like devils until capture was inevitable; then on surrender calmly professed pro-Allied feelings. In a group of prisoners there was invariably one well rehearsed in an opening gesture of friendliness. His routine: "I have a cousin in Milwaukee. I haven't eaten in three days. I have never shot an American...
Wednesday an upset almost developed as a spirited Adams eleven held the Eliot NROTC in check, 0 to 0 for 55 minutes before Jenkins skirted left end for the game's only touchdown. Earlier in the hard-fought battle, the Goldcoasters had driyen deep into NROTC territory only to lose possession of the ball...