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...Starting Lineup: HARVARD COLBY Gannon, cf St, Pierro, rf Crosby, c Clark, cf Mannino, ss Pierce, ss Coulsen, 1b Spinner, 1b Caulfield, rf White, c Lunder, 1f Eldridge, lf Huntington, 2b Mardozzi, 2b Coppinger, 3b Hunter or Goulet, 3b Godin, p Washburn...
Harlow used that same setup this fall, except that instead of shifting into the single-wing, he would shift into an L formation if he elected not to run from the T. He never used a spinner (one of the Crisler essentials) because he built his attack around the straight-ahead over power of Vinnie Moravec. When Moravec got hurt, it was too late to scrap the system. Here is the biggest single problem facing Valpey: in order to employ the razzic-dazzle, split-second timing offensive he knows so well, he must find a fullback who can spin...
Died. Lincoln Ross Colcord, 64, spinner of sea tales, authority on nautical lore; of coronary thrombosis; in Belfast, Me. Colcord created a long-remembered sensation in 1929 when he publicly debunked-Joan Lowell's best-selling "autobiographical" sea story, Cradle of the Deep, as so much romantic fiction, caused the Book-of-the-Month Club to offer refunds...
...part of the city of Malden, Mass., on the outskirts of Boston. Employing either the faculty of total recall or a ready knack for improvisation, Paul sets down in detail a persuasive picture of New England life at the turn of the century. Author Paul is essentially a yarn-spinner, and Linden is largely a string of amusing and often indelicate anecdotes, but those who knew the area and the people will vouch for the genuine flavor...
...Spinner H. Slichter, Lament University Professor, predicted and era of economic prosperity for the United States as its production volume rises from the present rate of $194,000,000,000 to $300,000,000,000 by 1960, the Associated Press reported last night...