Word: pointer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Colorado College reached for a West Pointer [TIME, Dec. 22] in hiring Major General W. H. Gill (ret.), it was fortunate in not getting what it reached for. Like General Marshall, Gill is a product of Virginia Military Institute, and like him is more a man and less a martinet than the products of the U.S.M.A...
Colorado College, founded by a Union general, last week also reached for a West Pointer instead of a scholar. Its new head: lean, weather-beaten Major General William Hanson Gill, 61, who rebuilt the shattered 32nd Division after the Buna campaign, led it back to Leyte (TIME, Dec. 4,1944), defeated General Yamashita...
...TIME would like very much to have "Chunkin' Charley" Conerly in its backfield (and his pass-catching teammate, ex-West Pointer Barney Poole, at left end). But neither TIME nor Michigan is trading off Bob Chappuis, who holds the alltime passing record in the Big Nine, as tough a league as there...
Last week, living up to his press notices, Chunkin' Charley completed 20 passes against little Chattanooga in the first half of the game. His season's total jumped to 120-a new national record. Most of Charley's passes went to ex-West Pointer Barney Poole, who is just two shy of the record for catches. Charley was certainly a good All-America...
...Mellon charged off tackle in the third period for the loser's lone score. In the fourth frame a White end run of 22 yards chalked up the third Freshman touchdown, and Ed Stearns heaved a pass good for 45 yards to back Dave Warden, for the final six-pointer of the afternoon...