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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kirk Hershey and Harlan Gustafson form as dangerous and versatile a pair of flankmen as any coach would care to have. Both men displayed an uncanny knack for pulling down forward passes, and this ability more than anything else earns them the nod over such operatives as Howie Stanley of Princeton and Brownie Brinkley of Yale...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, Donald Peddle, and Sheffield West, S | Title: Cornell Places Four Men on Crimson 1939 All-Ivy Eleven | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

...shipped to Siberian stir.' " Siberia, in Michigan stir talk, is Marquette prison. Other items may have a warmer touch. Prisoner So-and-so lost a picture of his wife in the textile factory. Reward for its return: two packs of cigarets. Prisoner Such-and-such will swap a pair of $12 shoes, which don't fit him, for 16 packs of cigarets. Whitsitt used to broadcast complaints and comments on prison regimen, too, but nowadays he has to stick to straight news, paroles and arrivals, personal items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Inside Stuff | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Into a pair of oversized Kentucky shoes, worn only twice before, a Yankee journalist stepped last week. New York-born, 42-year-old Herbert Agar, onetime diplomat, novelist, playwright, poet, critic, historian, became editor-in-chief of the Louisville Courier-Journal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Southern Succession | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Jerry Nason of the Globe: "Harvard by 14 to 10. It should be a particularly hard fought battle though, because of Yale's excellent line. The Harvard forward wall has improved greatly, especially the running linemen who should lead the Cantabs to a pair of touchdown via the ground route...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Harvard's running attack is built on a firm foundation, and it will take more than an inspired bunch of Elis to prevent it from reaching pay dirt at least once. Bill Stack is a fine center, Bob Brooks and George Seabury are a pair of powerful tackles, and Cape Burnam and Jim Dern are capable guards, but the pressure on them Saturday is going to be terrific. Moreover, the reserves for these men have the doubtful distinction of not having worn themselves out against Princeton. They sat on the bench all afternoon and picked up valuable experience...

Author: By D. D. P., | Title: What's His Number? | 11/23/1939 | See Source »

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