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Married. Sally McAdoo, 22, granddaughter of the late William Gibbs McAdoo, President Wilson's wartime Secretary of the Treasury; and Naval Reserve Lieut, (j.g.) Peter Meldrim Coy, 22, son of the late great Yale fullback Edward Harris ("Ted") Coy (onetime husband of the late great Actress Jeanne Eagels); in Worthington Valley...
...matter of fact, so tricky was the defense devised by Harlow that without Eshmont it is probable that the Cadets would not have been able to make any ground at all through the Harvard line. With the possible exception of big Joe Martin, hard-driving fullback on last year's Cornell squad, none of the Cadet backs could solve the five, six and seven man line defenses which Harlow threw against them. And time and time again the Crimson linemen were able to charge through and break up the Pre-Flight plays before they could even get started...
Lloyd Anderson '44, blocking back, filled in as third-string center last year to relieve the emergency caused by Burgy Ayres' appendectomy, but now he is behind the line again where he feels more at home. A fullback at Andover, he shifted to the blocking post in spring practice...
Wayne Johnson '44, fullback, is only a whisker ahead of Tom Cowen and Paul Perkins for the starting honors, although he was second man to Don McNicol last year and played almost the entire Penn game. Wayne will not only do a good share of the ball-toting, but much of the passing...
...fight for fullback has now developed into a three-cornered one between Wayne Johnson, Tom Cowen, and Paul Perkins. Everyone expected Cowen and Johnson to be fighting it out even before practice started, but Perkins is a comparative dark horse who has crept up to a position where he is a definite contender for the first string fullback berth...