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Lately phone calls to certain junior officers with excellent taste have provided a very convenient contact for midshipmen who hold the line, while the correct party in leisurely hunted down. Reports are that acquaintances made thereby have proved more satisfactory to both parties...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 8/1/1944 | See Source »

Husky, precise, wisecracking "Ollie" Burke was born on a ranch in Colorado, but his heart was in the Navy from the time he was able to walk. At Annapolis he had no time for athletics or midshipmen's monkey-business. As an officer he became one of the Navy's best at ordnance and gunnery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: King of the Cans | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

Languages, transfers, and final exams have conspired to wreak havoc with last term's starting lineup. First baseman Bob Slattery and third baseman Bill Lutz are now in Midshipmen's School, while center fielder George Boston, catcher Bill Harding, and right fielder Sherman Clark, the three leading hitters of last term's outfit, and the only ones who topped 300, are all ineligible during the summer term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Nine Faces Brown Saturday in Term Opener | 7/11/1944 | See Source »

After his inspired performance of last Saturday, George Dickerson is expecting an offer to assist teaching Sources to the incoming Midshipmen class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lucky Bag | 6/20/1944 | See Source »

...younger men, the Midshipmen, the lineup of stars was too long to mention. Diano really starred between innings as he peddled Sloan's Liniment and blood plasma to the creaking members of the faculty...

Author: By W. M. Cousins jr. and T. X. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 6/16/1944 | See Source »

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