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...many ways, he seemed hardly the man for the job. He was a frail, redheaded Cornishman, known to most Britons simply as "Q." He wrote swashbuckling romances like Dead Man's Rock and The Astonishing History of Troy Town, so cock-a-hoop with adventure that he himself was "amazed ... at my own immoderation." He had been a dandy at Oxford, with a taste for bowler hats of different colors and loud checked suits ("What, another pair of trarsers!" Trinity's president would cry). He was also something of a radical who had denounced the Boer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Period Piece | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Fullback Chip Gannon has accepted an invitation to play in the annual North-South football game at Birmingham, Alabama, on Christmas Day, it was learned yesterday. Basketball Coach Bill Barclay his granted him a "leave of absence" from his position as hoop captain in order to make the trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gannon Accepts North-South Bid | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

These players include hoop captain Chip Gannon, now operating at fullback for Valpey; quarterback Bill Henry; and tailback Jim Kenary. The Crimson which opens against Brown at Providence on December 4, is now practicing five days a week. Coach Harclay isn't around on the weekends, since he has been scouting for Art Valpey this fall, and is now taking notes on Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Coach Bill Barclay Cuts Squad to 20 Men | 11/4/1948 | See Source »

Football fever may be sweeping the Yard, but that doesn't bother basketball Coach Bill Barclay's varsity candidates. Thirty-six of them reported to Barclay last night at Hemenway Gymnasium for the Crimson's first 1948-49 hoop workout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 36 Report for Hoop Practice At Hemenway | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

First on the program yesterday was Hugh Shepley '51, pictured at right practicing his specialty as a ringer in the annual Wellesley hoop races. Shepley also claimed acquaintanceship with indian clubs, rubber balls, and chinaware...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Juggler Wins Top Billing on Student Theatrical Listings | 10/14/1948 | See Source »

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