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What the captain wanted the News to be is laid out in lavish detail in Tell It to Sweeney (Doubleday; $4.95), an affectionate excursion through the News's past conducted by its longtime Drama Critic John Chapman. (The title derives from a series of early News advertisements that projected the paper's strong working-class appeal and urged Manhattan merchants to "Tell it to Sweeney; the Stuyvesants will take care of themselves.") How well the captain's survivors have fulfilled their pledge to run things his way can be measured in the continued success of the nation...
Held together with tape and hope, the varsity was back at "full strength" for the first time in two weeks. Captain Tadhg Bweeney, ankle tightly taped, joined Bohn, Grady Watts and Gil Bamford, on the overflowing "partly recovered" list. To the amasement of doctors and coaches, Sweeney and company ran like deer as the varsity rolled over Yale...
...first half, eight of which came in the big first period. Between the Nyhan shot which opened the scoring at 2:15 and Hal Louchhelm's goal at 14:32, Harvard scored at the rate of approximately a goal every 90 seconds, as Watts, John Reese, and Captain Tadgh Sweeney each...
...Louchheim, Joe Prahl, and captain Tadhg Sweeney will be running on Coach Bruce Munro's first midfield. This trio did a remarkable job against Williams Wednesday, constantly checking the opposition, and capitalizing on the Williams defense's decision to stay with the Crimson attack by scoring heavily themselves...
Williams started fast, scoring twice in the first period, but the varsity played a tremendous second period, scoring six goals while holding Williams to a single tally. Captain Tadhg Sweeney started the Crimson scoring after driving and dodging through the Williams midfield and defense. Nine minutes later, Sweeney came through with a repeat performance and the varsity's sixth goal, putting the varsity in front 6 to 3 at the half...