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Michigan had Tom Harmon. Pennsylvania had Francis Xavier Reagan. Last week, as undefeated Penn went to Ann Arbor to tackle unbeaten Michigan, sportswriters set the stage for a Duel of the Century between two great halfbacks. Reagan's spectacular record this autumn almost matched Harmon's: ten touchdowns to Harmon's eleven, 156 yards gained a game to Harmon's 158. Reagan's superb punting, passing and running had made Penn a candidate for the mythical U. S. football championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 4, 1940 | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...yesterday's game showed an improved pass attack with Hill Murphy doing most of the heaving to Elmer Taylor and Bob Axtell. Winthrop so far has been unbeatable. However, next week it will have to be at its best to outscore the Adams Gold-Coasters, the only other team unbeaten to date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTHROP SWAMPS LOWELL 25-0; ELIOT, DUNSTER IN TIE | 10/25/1940 | See Source »

Pushing over two touchdowns in the last half, the Adams House eleven humbled Dudley 14-0 to maintain its unbeaten record this full. Kirkland once again produced the lone tally in the second quarter to down the game Leverett team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS BEATS DUDLEY 14-0 ON PASSING; LEVERETT HOLDS KIRKLAND TO 6-0 WIN | 10/24/1940 | See Source »

...Cyril's removal, now that "Tiny" Ironside and "Tiger" Gort were in limbo, cleaned out the three leaders who were roundly acclaimed three months ago for the victorious retreat from Flanders. Only unbeaten generals are bear cats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: New Chief in the Air | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...Quiet. Relative silence now fell over lower Norway, with only a few guerrilla bands of stubborn natives fighting on in mountain pockets. Even the 160 men and 15 officers in thick-walled Hegra Fortress outside Trondheim, though unbeaten, finally surrendered. In 23 days a husky nation of 3,000,000 people, living in mountainous, snow-covered country well suited to defense, and with some 35,000 supposedly modern soldiers sent to help them, had been conquered by an army of perhaps 85,000 skilled, swift-moving, hard-hitting fighters, and some 500 indefatigable warplanes. As a military feat of sheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: 23 Days | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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