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Cornell has a fine, accurate long thrower in quarterback Rocco Calvo, a ripping fullback in Hal Seidenberg, a really fast outside man in Halfback Stu Merz, and a flock of pass-catching ends: all in all a typical James T-club...
Later in the practice, the first defense lined up against the jayvees, who worked Cornell T formation passes with Bob Gremp playing Big Red quarterback Rocco Calvo...
...underworldlings whose income tax returns are getting a thorough going over. Among the 126 names: Joe Adonis; Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, brother of "Scarface Al"; Anthony ("Little Augie" Pisano) Carfano; Louis ("Little New York") Campagna; Paul ("The Waiter") Ricca; Charles ("Cherry Nose") Gioe; Frank Diamond; Rocco Fischetti; Vito Genovese; Irving ("Waxey Gordon") Wexler and Frank Costello...
...This may be amusing. But except for some good old two-line jokes and some bad, old (and very funny) dirty cartoons, nothing in the new Poon is really new. The blurred, self-conscious pictures are still there. So are the articles about people named Sam Mortiz and Elmer Rocco and fraternities called A. D. and P. C. Even when it tries, the Poon has trouble writing for a mass market...
...most important of these vacancies, the quarterback who is vital to the Big Red's T offense, James had an ace up his sleevo in Rocco Calvo. Calvo had all but won the job from Dorset during pre-season practice last year, but then he suffered a knee injury which sidelined him for the season...