Word: mate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among the 1,000 Army pigeons in the Fort Monmouth lofts, Gimpy is as monogamous as the next old soldier. His mate is a three-year-old hen named Matilda. He ran her out of his nest four times before they settled down. Today, like any suburban pigeon, he sits on the eggs six hours a day while Matilda gets a rest...
Stacy Hulse, Sherm Gray's colorful defensive mate, accounted for three of the Harvard goals. With Princeton using a peculiar forechecking defense, the speedy Hulse was able to break into the open frequently, and on three occasions he beat the Tiger goalie with his wicked shot. Burgy Ayres tallied the other marker...
Powers' running mate in the 220 is powerful Bus Curwen, who gets better the further he goes. He probably need more work to cut his 220 time down to where it should be, but already he is one of the best 440 men in the East. His partner in the quarter is Frank "Tiny" German, a continual source of amazement to his mates. German will pick up many a valuable second or third this winter...
...This week I'd like to turn the column over to my room-mate, Bill Hodson, who, unlike myself, is actually a musician, and knows what he's talking about. Besides, Bill is one of those rare birds who has a thorough appreciation of both Jazz and the classics, and his ideas on the relationship of the two impress me as being definitely worth the space of a column, since the subject is one which seldom gets proper treatment-Charles Miller...
Much like the unhappy sportswriter who predicted that Bob Pastor would uncrown Joseph Louis '04 of Detroit, I am going to place myself squarely on the end of a limb. In short, your favorite columnist's room-mate is going on record here with respect to the unfortunate controversy which so often recurs concerning the relative values of the contributions of jazz and "classical" to music...