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...subordinates to keep the same way, would often give an aide a strenuous tour of duty just to get the flesh off him. Mounted on a white charger, Gort was a heroic figure as Commander in Chief of the British Army on the disastrous field of France. He shone as a systematic organizer rather than as a brilliant tactician. When he returned to England from the shambles of Dunkirk he was given the job of organizing England for the defense of her soil from the invasion that appeared about to engulf...
Cleo O'Donnell, Jack fisher, George Waters and Jack Comeford all looked good in the former department, and Leo Flynn and Gordy Lyle shone in the B-C scrimmage, both of them getting away for several long runs. A 150 pound, 5 foot ten inch. Freshman tailback from South Orange, New Jersey, Flynn also tossed quite a few long passes that ate up a lot of yardage for the B eleven...
...wary of Old Man injury. The squad was out through a long punting drill early in the afternoon, and Comeford gave indications of being as good a punter as headman Wally Flynn. Flynn was up to snuff, too, and the pair matched booming kicks for 15 minutes. Boston also shone in the drill...
Another back that caught Coach Harlow's eye was Gordy Lyle, was also shone for Team B offensively. Lyle, who won a letter first two years ago as a Sophomore flash, has been out of the picture lately, but his showing yesterday indicated that he may see more action soon. Paul Perkins was the third running back for the second team, and his hard plunging made him a good prospect to back up Wayne Johnson at fullback...
...Nights in a Barroom" fall hardest where it should have shone brightest. The specialty numbers--especialty those of old-timer Vic Faust, a toothless Al Smith with a hangover--click beautifully. But the attempts of the rest of the cast to pile on the old-fashioned melodrama with a trowel fall pretty flat. They use restraint where hamming is called for; and they don't even give the villain-hissing audience a fighting chance to display its wares. A livelier paced direction, with more emphasis on the exists and entrances that give blood-and-thunder its special quality would have...