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...victory also had its sad aspect when little Joe Romano got the worst of a struggle for the ball with Captain Stub Pearson of the Indians. The flashy forward tore a ligamont in his knee near the end of the first half and will be out of action for the next three or four weeks. He was treated for the injury Saturday night and will be treated again today...

Author: By Bill Elser, | Title: Five Upsets Dartmouth, 49-36 | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...blaze between the double flooring of the building was discovered to be the cause of the smoke which a few minutes earlier had seeped through the ventilating system and caused the alarm to be turned in. Damage caused by the "conflagration," believed to have been caused by a cigarette stub, was slight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clanging Fire Apparatus Interrupts Sever Hall Work | 11/25/1941 | See Source »

There was some talking going on, but it was very spasmodic. Someone three seats down on my right would say, "Stub Pearson sure is getting knocked flat on his back, Mike, ain't he." (I figured him for the New York, Times). Then from all around would come an answering chorus of affirmative grunts, and the baldish gent on my left would grab in front of me for the binoculars of the man on the right and stare down at the field for a long minute and then add his own assent with a tardy lackadaisical "Yeah...

Author: By John C. Robbine, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 10/24/1941 | See Source »

Captain Franny Lee of the Crimson eleven and Captain Stub Pearson of the Redmen will attend the dinner as guests of honor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT HOPKINS OF DARTMOUTH TO ADDRESS VARSITY CLUB DINNER | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

...third day a strange monster flew into the field, rocking and pitching like an aerial rowboat. It was a DC-2, with a DC2 wing strapped to its belly, stub end first, both ends cambered into an awkward streamline by sheets of plywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: FAR EASTERN THEATER: Space Machine Patched | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

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