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Seasoned Dick Armstrong, at left half, is called a star player by Guyda. He'll be working with Charlie Willet at right half. Willet is a comparative giant beside an otherwise short, stocky group of teammates. Guyda is still undecided about the center half, but Ed Jacobson has come closest to filling that important spot, if he continues his heads-up game...
Since the dawn of modern medicine the vermiform appendix has seemed to be a completely useless organ. This week, the University of Chicago's Dr. Leon 0. Jacobson suggested that a use for the appendix may have been found...
Experimenting on a rabbit, Dr. Jacobson found that when the spleen and appendix were protected with lead, the animal survived what would otherwise have been a fatal overdose of X rays. The undamaged spleen and appendix make enough blood to enable the damaged tissue to recover...
Since the rabbit trick required a major operation, it could not be tried on man. But it suggested to Dr. Jacobson that the organs which have the power to manufacture blood may contain a regulating hormone. He will try to isolate the hormone, in the hope that it may speed recovery from radiation sickness and permit X-ray patients to take heavier doses. Among the blood-forming organs he would include the "useless" appendix...
...Dunster 165-pound match, Guy McKahn outpointed Anton Jacobson, 6 to 2, and 191-pounder Frank Dunbaugh of Lowell won on time-advantage in a close match with Bob Peters of Winthrop...