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Arranger of the game was neither Secretary of War nor Secretary of the Navy, each of whom had failed on several occasions to bring about a reconciliation between the stubborn military Mule and the hard-headed nautical Goat. The contest was first seriously proposed by long-legged Sports Editor Paul Gallico of the New York Daily News (TIME, Nov. 17). And the man who finally turned the trick was New York's official greeter and one-time police commissioner, Grover Aloysius ("Gardenia") Whalen who, having joined the Salvation Army's relief committee, tried to get Secretaries Hurley...
...schedule into the examination period to play this year's game, which is as least encouraging. To expect the Navy to agree to some sort of compromise would be unfair since the Annapolls officials have done the right thing, in introducing their three year rule. West Point still remains stubborn in its adherence to its eligibility ruling and the season's records have shown that the latter rule makes for better teams. But until Army changes its policy and gets on equal footing with the Navy, a meeting of the two teams, except for the worthy charity involved, seems...
...Stubborn Defense...
...years ago he decided to experiment on stubborn cases of osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis is an infectious inflammation of the bone marrow or of the marrow and the bone. The bone rots, and then adjacent flesh. It is more common in children than in adults. It is difficult to cure. If unrestrained it may kill quickly or may last for years. The usual treatment is to cut out the decayed bone and flesh, often repeatedly...
...cities. Says he: "I have written to little purpose if I have not demonstrated that the third degree is much more than merely an occasional or a secondary weapon in the hands of the police; it is actually the main reliance of the police in obtaining information from stubborn prisoners. . . . The only place where no protection can be guaranteed [to the freeborn U. S. citizen] is in the police station. Once you pass its green lights you are beyond...