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Possessing a smooth passing attack, the New England League champs held scoreless in the first two quarters, while the Crimson legmen chalked up a point by a brilliant head shot by Jack Calhoun on a pass from Eli Berman. The Maroon came back in the third quarter to tie the score on a shot by Wilbur Eaton which careened off the cross bar into the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOTERS SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT; JAYVEE ELEVEN BOWS TO BLUE | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

...Maroon Loaded With Talent...

Author: By Joseph H. Sharlitt, | Title: Strong Springfield to Face Varsity Booters | 10/17/1942 | See Source »

...tough one, Coach Brock of the Maroon has a wealth of material at his disposal. Although handicapped by the injury of veteran wing Dick Havel and fullback Stan Christman in last week's impressive win over Williams, the men in maroon can boast of threats in Captain Irv Schmid, hard-playing center forward and inside forward Wilbur Eaton...

Author: By Joseph H. Sharlitt, | Title: Strong Springfield to Face Varsity Booters | 10/17/1942 | See Source »

...first-night audience last week rose reverently to its feet as Toscanini walked briskly on to the stage, faced the 93 Philharmonic players, the 250 Westminster Choir singers, robed in white and maroon, the four soloists. Then sounded music of humanity, solace, peace, triumph: Beethoven's great Missa Solemnis, under the magic Toscanini touch. In later concerts, with the orchestra alone, the First and Second Symphonies emerged in shining clarity and freshness, the Eroica with towering architecture, and blazing spirit. By the time the Beethoven series ends, all nine symphonies, five overtures and the Triple Concerto will have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reunion in Carnegie | 5/4/1942 | See Source »

Eleanor Roosevelt. She cut them off, sharply. The newsmen, fellows who always manage to be called to work on their own moving days, did not understand. They traced the license number on the maroon convertible, noted slyly that it belonged to perennial Youth Leader Joe Lash; they noted that a Navy truck had delivered a trunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Word for War | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

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