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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sam Hoar, captain of the Freshman squad last year relies chiefly on power for his points and his hard service is the high point of his game...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

...broken foot will keep Sam Felton, Business School athlete and national AAU indoor champion, out of Saturday's invitation 35-pound weight throw at Briggs Cage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Felton Injured, To Miss Meet | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

Texas, Li'l Darlin1 (book by John Whedon & Sam Moore; produced by Studio Productions, Inc. & Anthony Brady Farrell Productions) is suitably Texan in size and general good nature. But it is no less Texan in sprawl; it ranges over a lot. of flat country, strikes snags more often than oil, and displays no great sense of direction. Half satiric and half folksy, it is never quite sure whether it is stalking wild life or big shots, finally bags neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Contenders for the position include the following juniors: Sam Butler, Bob Di Blasio, Arthur Hyde, Phil Isenberg, Jerry Kanter, Paul O'Brien, Bill Rosenau, Henry Sedgwick, John West, John White, and Al Wilson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Sports Pick '50 Captains Today | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

...Named for Erastus Smith (1787-1838), who, although deaf, commanded the scouts in General Sam Houston's army. "Deaf" Smith swam the flooded Buffalo Bayou, captured a courier with dispatches for Santa Anna and, on the morning of the battle of San Jacinto, burned the only bridge on which the Mexicans could retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theodora's Tap | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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