Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Without infantry, armies cannot win wars; without rifles, infantry cannot fight. The U. S. Army therefore thought hard and long before deciding in 1936 to junk its rugged, battle-tried Springfield rifle and adopt a new, rapid-fire, semi-automatic called the Garand (for Inventor John C. Garand, a civilian who works for the War Department). After nearly five years, the Army last week was still using mostly Springfield rifles, and thinking about Garands. Official excuse for this situation: that the Garand has not yet been supplied to the Army because it is still going through a normal process...
Despite the icy blasts the Crimson lacrosse team did a workmanlike job in taking the Springfield ten 16 to 3 last Saturday on the Business School field. Pete Zouck took the scoring honors by netting seven goals, six of which were unassisted, with Buck Anderson following close behind with four tallies to his credit. Coach Witherspoon may well be satisfied that his team showed the balance and experience he expected after its Southern tour...
...took the stickmen five minutes in the first period to get the chill out of their systems before Jess Willard assisted by Anderson batted in the first score to start their steady march to victory. From then on the ball spent most of its time in the Springfield territory while Pete Zouck and Buck Anderson brought the quarter's total a three goals...
...Springfield Rallies...
...third quarter saw another string of scores as Zouck continued his amazing spree by getting three more. Anderson, Ed Edmunds, Joe Ferris, and August Benedix contributed five goals while Nover put in the only other Springfield tally. The scoring subsided in the last period with only Benedix and Zouck scoring. late in this quarter the gymnasts made a desperate scoring offensive, but owing to a very able job by George Hanford at the nets the last minute drive bore no fruit...