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...seen it in pictures," he said, "nothing can prepare you for the sudden sight of the skyscrapers as the ship moves up the harbor. Its impact is terrific and unique." So saying, he was off to see the town-especially Wall Street, which reminded him of London's Lombard Street. He returned with cheering news for New Yorkers, saying he had found them "unusually smiling and helpful in a jolly...
...smooth Dunster team, forced to play an outside game by the height and general proficiency of Kirkland's John Lombard and Pat McCormick, shot and passed with accuracy, and then broke the Deacon spirit with a flurry of fast breaks. Leading scorer for Dunster was Jack Norman with 11 points, as John Brunsman concentrated on rebounds. Lombard led Kirkland with eight...
Duke Ellington was the nation's No. 1 bandleader (for the fifth time), and top soloist (for the first time), according to Down Beat magazine's annual poll. Spike Jones was again King of Corn, nosing out Guy Lombard and Vaughn Monroe...
Eliot also continued its winning ways by edging a previously undefeated Kirkland squad by two points in an up and down, 31 to 29 game. The score changed almost as often as shots were sunk, but despite heroic efforts by the Deacon's tall center John Lombard, a last minute basket and foul by Fred England clinched the game for the Mastodons...
Although Kirkland led all the way, the margin was never great enough for either team to relax and the starting lineups played practically all the game. Two factors gave Kirkland the win: effective coverage of Winthrop's 6'7" pivot, Ted Nelson by John Lombard, and the Deacon fast breaks which frequently shot into the clear. Lombard at center and John Pankey at forward did most of the Kirkland damage on the offensive...