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After a hard-fought victory over Lowell last week Adams was handed a 5 to 2 lacing by Dunster, and the icemen from down by the Charles moved into second place by virtue of the rout, a half game behind the leading Winthrop...
...Rebel offensive near Tremp, 40 miles south of the French border, was carried out by Aragonese troops commanded by General José Moscardó. The most unusual feature of the offensive, however, was that for the first time since the rout of Italian troops at Guadalajara in March 1937. unmixed divisions of Italian "legionnaires" were again in the front lines, south of Lérida...
...week's end, after three days of fighting, Generalissimo Franco's troops- Spaniards, Italians, Moors-had advanced an average of about five miles on a 100-mile front. Insurgent communiques claimed a rout near Tremp. but U. S. newsmen back of the Loyalist front saw no signs of panicky retreat. Both sides agreed that the full force of the offensive had not yet been launched...
...Carmichael seems to have won the other forward job, and Buck Jordan has the center berth. The Tigers have at least three capable and experienced guards in Eddie Hobler, Dave Lloyd, and Jack Stewart. A conservative estimate of all who saw the recent Dickinson rout is that the Tigers cannot fail to rise out of the basketball doldrums this year...
...massacre-and go into the play-off with the Green Bay Packers for the U. S. championship. Avenge they did. Before 58,000 howling spectators, the Giants scored 14 points in the first twelve minutes, recovered fumbles and intercepted passes until they had put the Redskins to rout, 36-to-0. Although lacking Marshall music, war whoops and cow bells, the Giants fans had plenty of spirit. They ended the powwow by tearing down both goal posts while the Redskin rooters murmured a feeble...