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...with the U.S. ist Cavalry Division were in the outfit when it sadly traded its horses for trucks and tanks eight years ago. But today's troopers, though most of them have never straddled a horse, still cherish traditions of the days of boots & saddles and of dashing General George Custer,* who once commanded the division's famed 7th Cavalry Regiment...
...verdict of U.S. sportwriters, the best football outfit in the U.S. through late October was unbeaten Southern Methodist. Last week the brawny line of the University of Texas threw the verdict out of court. In a roaring affair at Austin that seemed to settle the Southwest Conference championship, Texas not only gave the Methodist Mustangs their first defeat of the season (23-20), but tossed their running plays for a net loss of 68 yards...
...machine-gun nest. Between wars he became an Army expert on ballooning (in 1934 got to 60,613 feet in the Explorer I before she ripped apart), was subsequently trained in airships by the Navy. Also a topflight airplane pilot, in World War II he first commanded a fighter outfit in Europe, then became boss of a bombardment division. Even his knowledge of the atom bomb is intimate: he was deputy commander for all Army and Navy aviation at Operation Crossroads, the Bikini bomb test...
...Indians had a fairly strong freshman team last year and this season's varsity is loaded with seniors and juniors. This led the local coaches to believe that a good number of sophomore prospects have been farmed out temporarily to form the core of a powerful jayvee outfit...
...Good Old Days are definitely over. Time was when a Harvard football team would think nothing of running up a pretty healthy score to mash some upstart West Point outfit. But now that Army has taken us 54 to 14 and 49 to 0, anyone can see it's time to draw in our hors little bit. We just seem to take a different view of football from most other people these days...