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...almost 27-two years over the limit for airmen), took 17 days of training, soloed-grandly tearing off the whole undercarriage of his plane on his return-and got a lieutenant's commission and a pilot's wings. The dashing young college men of the 94th Aero Squadron, to which he was assigned, were not pleased. Rickenbacker was a celebrity and proud of it; he knew engines and said so; he was tough, uncouth, domineering, profane, full of advice and often oil-stained. He was pointedly ignored...
Recalling the event last week, Manhattan Insuranceman Reed Chambers, another immortal of the 94th, said: "By then [the squadron] had begun to love him. I don't know how to explain it. [At first] he was just an uneducated, tough bastard who threw his weight around the wrong way . . . But he developed into the most natural leader I ever...
During the war he served as a member of the 94th lhfantry Division and was wounded in Brittany in October...
John Costi of Williams scored the deciding goal in the 35th second of a "sudden death" period. The match, an unusually freescoring contest, which was played at the Squadron A Armory on 94th st, and Madison ave., inaugurated this year's indoor season...
Harvard polo moves to New York tomorrow night when the Crimson indoor squad takes on a Williams band in the Squadron A armory at 94th at and Madison ave. in the big city. The trios will face off at 8;30 p.m. A metropolitan league game between a pair of New York "name" teams is also on the bill...