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...cheery practice session yesterday despite the inclement weather, because the Varsity had bounced back solidly form its Rutgers defeat with a 21 to 7 victory over Dartmouth at Hanover. After two scores in the first nine minutes of play, including a 57-yard off tackle slant by Gannon behind perfect blocking, the Crimson was forced back on its heels by the Indian passing attack as directed by Con Pensavalie, but returned to form in the final period to score a third touchdown and cut off all further Dartmouth bids by six skillful interceptions...
From massive, blue-eyed Latvians to small, slant-eyed Mongols, some 1,300 members of the Supreme Soviet gathered in Moscow last week. In four smoothly regulated days they met, heard speeches from delegates picked in advance, approved almost without change a 1946 budget that was already 80% spent, and adjourned. Russia had had its showing of democracy...
...especially at end and tackle, in the Princeton defense. Tom Gannon whose 66-yard dash for the second Harvard touchdown was a dazzling sprint on a reverse from the T, enjoyed an especially good day, gaining 128 yards in 13 carries. Another Gannon effort, a nine-yard off-tackle slant in the fourth period, wound up in the Tiger end zone, but was called back by the officials, who claimed the Varsity had a back illegally in motion. Movies this week should support or quash that decision...
...same story all over again after Tufts kicked out from its 20-yard line. The Crimson took the kick-off on its own forty, and moved swiftly to its third touchdown. Alex Grant, Junior Varsity fullback, paced the drive with a 37-yard off-tackle slant, and Grant bucked over from the 3 to score. Harrison's place-kick was wide...
...seen in the presence of General Marshall in China. He is there to effect a compromise agreement, he has publicly shown awareness of the importance of the Communist element, and his mission must be taken as a more mature approach to the Chinese problem than the slant of an amateur, if learned statesman...