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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...several other sources of talent. From last year's Freshman team, seatback Hal Moffle and potential passing threat Jim Kenary have already become important cogs in the new backfield. "Fleet Gibby Warren, who showed well in the B. C. scrimmage, comes from the Jayvees, while halfback Chuck Roche, star of the 1945 informal team, returns to action. From Tufts as a transfer student comes 210-pound fullbacks Sam Adams...
Dick Harlow will have this wealth of backfield material to draw from in filling such vacancies as that left by last year's captain Cico O'Donnell, but his line is harder hit. Gone are star tackles Eddie Davis and Ned Dewey and outstanding center and the line-backer Jack Fisher, and these men will be hard to replace. Candidates for the tackle positions are speedy Howie Houston, 215-pound Chester Pierce, Ron Garvey, and Dean Markham from among the lettermen, Doug Bradlee and Alan Stone from the class of '50, and big John Gorczynski, a transfer from Pitt...
Apparently scoring the goals will not be the problem of the Crimson soccer team this year, as on this fall's forward line will be playing the high scorers of three other years. Roy Heisler, who averaged three or four a game in 1944, is back; Manny Aguirre, star of the team in 1945, has returned; and Phil Potter, last year's center forward, is now a Junior. Besides, Mac has the whole of last year's forward line and that of the there, the H.A.A. will foot the gas bills...
Ralph Bellamy, star of Broadway's State of the Union, also had a sunshine-&-shadows week. Hot Organist wife Ethel Smith had sued him for separation, charged that when she played the organ for guests he flew into a rage because she stole the spotlight. Bellamy's own complaint, in answer: though he was busy onstage nights till 11:20, she only gave him till 11:45 to get home, and if he missed the deadline she locked him out. Anyway, Actor Bellamy & highball crashed the Men of Distinction gallery...
Buster Keaton, heavy-lidded Great Stone Face of silent films, flew into Paris for a brief new career. The once-famed comedy star, pushing 51, faced a spell of circus clowning (at a reported $200 a day). His new task, to last a month: 14 minutes of sham dueling, twice a day, with the Cirque Medrano's bandleader. His other plans for the future? "None...