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...within half a mile of our camp and came within an inch of destruction. A Jap battery of eight guns found the exact range at which the B-25 was flying and let go at it. The first shots were a little ahead of the plane, and the second volley would have caught it square if the pilot had not nosed down within a few feet of the ground...
Samborski has been trying to finish up the volley-ball and Freshman softball round-robins in order to get two touch football leagues, one for Freshmen and one for upperclassmen, started some-time this week. He still hopes to have the volleyball and '46 softball schedules finished this week and expects the football leagues to begin on Thursday or Friday, providing the weather man is agreeable...
...element which larlow will stress between now and September, outside of fundamentals, is pass defense, one of the more intricate maneuvers in the game. Given a line which is up to par, the team should be extremely potent next fall if dick can instill adequate protection against a possible volley of passes...
...alarm clock. Working day is from 8:30 to 5:30, seven days a week, with duties being the "same as at home" except for unmentionable preparations for the future. An hour and a half is taken up with a choice of baseball, tennis, swimming, volley ball, outdoor badminton and even croquet. Dinner is at 7, with few complaints, as Americans are on double British rations, plus extra from home. British cooks are obligingly learning to cook for the U.S. taste-to make coleslaw instead of limp boiled cabbage, serve toast warm, use seasoning all around. Even the coffee...
...Volley ball courts are being constructed on Soldiers Field for the use of students in the regular conditioning class, but they may also be used in inter-House competition. There has also been a movement started to include dinghy racing in the various sports activities...