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...high school, the Leibovitz twins made one of their rare joint pictures, a mural on which right-handed Freda worked leftward, southpaw Ida in the opposite direction until they met in the centre. The whole thing looked like one artist's work. When the Leibovitz twins, tramping through Philadelphia streets, painted the same subject, their conceptions were almost identical. In the contests in which...
...addition to these more-experienced players, Coach Barnaby has a squad of about thirty including a dozen untried members with noteworthy possibilities. Among the Seniors are are Gene Nickerson, the squad's only southpaw, who specializies in drop shots and lobs and who made a rapid advance from the "C" to the "A" team last year, and John Glidden, who held the number nine spot against Yale two years ago but was beaten out last season...
...fourth down, got the ball on the 19-yard line, chalked up three more points with a magnificent field goal. Then, near the end of the third period, the Indians took the ball on their own 29-yard line, gained 15 yards through the line. Frankie Albert, their southpaw passer, flipped a beautiful pitch to little Pete Kmetovic, who scampered into the clear, ran 14 yards, crossed the goal line standing up. A few minutes later, the Indians were back on Washington's 20-yard line. A little hocus-pocus-and they scored another touchdown. Just for good measure...
Tommy Bridges, another veteran of the Tigers' 1935 world-championship team, proved that his curves were as dependable as ever. Rookie Harold Newhouser, a homebred 18-year-old southpaw, made the Yankees look like bush leaguers. And Louis ('"Buck") Newsom, a cocky. 31-year-old righthander, marked his first full year with Detroit by winning 13 games in a row before breaking his thumb three weeks...
Chances are that the Crimson will win a good share of its singles matches -- if only the weather will allow some time for practice. The indomitable Chet Legg--Harvard's best dressed athlete--may be counted on to produce good tennis. And southpaw Jack Stewart, equally adopt at both singles and doubles, is another Barnaby mainstay. All these men are seniors...