Word: captain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three Skyrockets have been built. One has cracked up; the remaining two have been used as flying laboratories in the hands of two redoubtable old men of the air: the Navy's Captain William Virginius Davis, 47, and Douglas' test pilot, Gene May, who is 45 and a grandfather...
There was nothing Navy could do about the savagery of Army's defense platoon, the precisely explosive blocking of its offense, the smart quarterbacking of All-America Arnold Galiffa. A versatile, 22-year-old ex-G.I. (who is also a baseball infielder and captain of West Point's basketball team), Galiffa bossed the team with easy nonchalance, completed eleven passes, scored one touchdown himself and called on heavy-duty Fullback Gil Stephenson to crash over for three more...
...first half, Mullaney was the only Jumbo who could break through and score with any consistency. Mullaney got six field goals in the first period, but was held to two in the second. In that period, Tufts had to rely mainly in the long set-shots on Captain Al Perry...
...Crimson's probable starting lineup includes four men who saw a great deal of action last season, and two of them center and captain Bill Prior and forward John Rockwell--started against Yale. Ed Smith, the other forward, and Cliff Crosby, one of the guards, are the other seasoned men; Bill Hickey, who will team with Crosby at guard, is the only sophomore in the lineup...
...sprints, backstroke, and diving, the Crimson is in wonderful shape. Captain Joe Fox, Watkins, Berke, Shep Brown Mort Hull, and Bob Tolf are all back for the 50 and 100 yard freestyle, and sophomore Bob Stroud may break into the lineup...