Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...First time was in 1914, for playing polo on a bike in the street. † Also Gartered: Viscounts Cranborne and Addison, wartime and current leaders of the House of Lords. ** Five-star warriors "relieved" so far: General George C. Marshall, General Henry H. Arnold, Admiral Ernest J. King...
...line, where heroes are not so self-evident, there was more competition and more difference of opinion. Cagey West Coasters, aware that all the backfield positions were filled, began boosting as early as October for U.C.L.A.'s star end, Burr Baldwin. Baldwin, one of a half-dozen capable ends in the U.S., made All-Americas hands down...
Citing Committee Chairman John Rankin's alleged "star chamber" methods in his November examination of Harlow Shapley, director of the College Observatory, Miss Slade urged students to disseminate information about the Committee's activities to friends and parents and to make their own views known to members of Congress...
...opening Crimson aggregation saw an offense combination of wings Jim Ward and Bob Almy and center Jim Fletcher, with AI Key and Bill Allen backing them up from the defense positions. Nova Scotian and former Junior Olympic star Bill Yetman started as goalie, and left nothing to be desired as he and the Crimson defense shut out the inexperienced prep-schoolers...
Rockwell, former Wabash, Indiana star, and captain of this year's five, racked up 31 points with 15 field goals and one foul. Dick Covey, Frank Lionette, and Chusk Brynteson also hit double figures with ten markers apiece. Pat Dailey, six foot four inch center, was one tally behind with nine points to his credit...