Word: homers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every member of the squad participated in the track meet with Captain Franny Simpson, Ed Rothschild, Homer Peabody, and Bob James also hitting the scoring column...
...HOMER RUNDALL...
Ever since Poet Homer gave the lowdown on Ulysses, wily has been the word for Greeks. The Greek syndicates of gamblers; the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, merchant of death; tens of thousands of Greek traders in fruits, tobaccos, steamships have carried on the Ulysses tradition of wandering, guile and gain. Last week, with their mother country menaced, Greeks all over the world went in their own ways to her support. In the U. S., one of them was a millionaire oil operator of Louisiana and points west. Possessor of a 65-year exclusive franchise to find and exploit Greece...
Captain Frannie Simpson and Joe Romano are the forwards on the current first five, Ed Rothschild is the center, and Bud Finegan and Ed Buckley are the guards. The forwards on the second team are Bill Webber and Dick Craig, the center Homer Peabody, and the guards Bob James and Johnny Rigby...
Most of the names on the squad are familiar ones. Homer Peabody was kept out of action last year because of a knee injury, but he won his letter two years ago. Junior Dick Craig, a lanky forward, is the only real newcomer to the select group...