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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only a light signal drill remains for the varsity football team before the start of the 1950 season. The squad finished its heavy pre-season work yesterday at Soldiers Field with a long drill in which emphasis was placed on setting defenses against Columbia's winged-T attack...
This gain in dean's list totals is remarkable in view of comparable figures compiled since 1920 when 19.6 percent of the College was in the first three groups. During the 20 years leading up to 1940-41, which was the best pre-war year, the percentage jumped to 31.8. It rose about three points over the following eight years...
...unexpected developments yesterday struck a modicum of fear into the wallets of Yankee backers. Casimir Konstanty's 75th appearance of the year will be his first as a starter. While surpassing Giant Ace Adams pre-Mexico record of 70 relief performances, Jim won 16, lost seven, and became the odds-on favorite for the league's Most Valuable Player. But before Sawyer deposited him permanently in the bull-pen, Konstanty was, generously speaking...
...paced and staged and acted, showing the careful attention to detail that has turned up in so many subsequent English films. Michael Redgrave, Lilli Palmer, James Mason, and the whole group of minor characters are mutually responsible for the fine quality of the acting. "Thunder Rock" has an unhappy pre-disposition to preach, but it is so well-finished that it gets away with...
...Pre-season prediction had it that Zitrides would field a light, fast team this year, but the squad, particularly the linemen looked heavy and sluggish in the opener, in comparison with the Eli speedsters. The only experienced Bruin back, reliable Walt Pastuzak, tried vainly all afternoon to build up a respectable amount of yardage by sending fast halfbacks Jim Martland and Bob Lenker over tackle on quick-opening plays. Around end Brown went nowhere, and Pastuzak was able to complete only six out of 19 of his flat, hard passes against an alert Eli secondary...