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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...finalists are top-seeded A1 Everts, who continued his string of straight victories by defeating third-seeded Norm Dalrymple 6-3, 6-1, and unseeded Dart Harvey, who beat Orme Wilson in a prolonged three-set match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvey, Everts to Play Finals In College Tennis Tourney | 10/19/1940 | See Source »

...Captain Gillis at the pivot post. Army will be at full strength tomorrow. Their triple threat Sophomore fullback. Mazur, who missed last week's white washing, is back in the lineup. Of the present Cadet first string, Michel, the left tackle, and Gillis started last year's game, in which the Crimson upset the dopesters with a 15 to 0 shutout...

Author: By David B. Stearna, | Title: ELEVEN POLISHES OFFENSE AS ARMY TEAM COMES TO TOWN | 10/18/1940 | See Source »

Pete Elser, Loren MacKinney, George Heiden and Lone Star Dietz were given a rest from the scrimmage as the A and B lines alternated against the third string which fed Army plays to them. The starting center assignment is not yet definite although it is certain that both Ayres and Dietz will see action against the cadets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUAD DRIVES FOR CADETS | 10/17/1940 | See Source »

...they were pondering -perhaps preparing to act. Unless the U. S. was willing to go all-out against Japan, it would be useless to slap an embargo on oil, because that would be an invitation to Japan to take the East Indies. But an agreement with Britain for a string of Far Eastern naval bases from New Zealand to Singapore was worth pondering, as were the chances of Japan's risking war to keep the U. S. out of Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Thunder in the East | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...George ("Bad News") Cafego,* who last year led his teammates to an undefeated, untied, unscored-on season and an invitation to the Rose Bowl. Against Duke's Blue Devils, hailed as the best team Coach Wallace Wade has turned out in a decade, Tennessee last week ran its string of victories to 25 in a row-excluding last year's post-season Rose Bowl drubbing by Southern California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: First Saturday | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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