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...great Hemingway love story; 2) a tense story of adventure in war; 3) a grave and sombre tragedy of Spanish peasants fighting for their lives. But above all it is about death. The plot is simple, about a bridge over a deep gorge behind Franco's lines. Robert Jordan, a young American International Brigader, is ordered to blow up the bridge. He must get help from the guerrillas who live in Franco's territory. The bridge must be destroyed at the precise moment when a big Loyalist offensive begins. If the bridge can be destroyed, the offensive...
These Spaniards know they may be killed. Jordan senses it when he hears the orders. The general senses it when he gives them. So does Pablo, the pig-eyed, cunning guerrilla leader, when Jordan asks his help. So does Pilar, his big, ugly, wise, foul-mouthed wife. Pilar is a gypsy: she reads doom in Jordan's palm. She smelt death-to-come on the last dynamiter who went through, and he was killed. In one of the book's terrible, eloquent passages ("All right, Ingles. Learn. . . .") the woman with her ancient wisdom actually conveys in words what...
...backfield, Coach Lloyd Jordan started an all-senior quarter composed of quarter-back Charlie Callanan, left half Frank Sweeny, right half Dick Kuehne and fullback Bob Bidwell. All but Kuehne, who was retarded by the injury jinx in '39, are lettermen...
Left tackle Charley Smythe is the heart and soul of the line, and Bob Blood stands head and shoulders above any other back. Blood is a threat every time he lays his hands on the ball. Coach Jordan used his best men only sparingly against Hobart and had the satisfaction of seeing them come out of the game without a single injury. Barring practice session accidents this week, Amherst will be at full strength for the Harlowmen...
...Coach Jordan doesn't usually make much use of the forward pass, but if his men can't shake Blood loose on any of his wide sweeps, they may turn to the air. One of Blood's favorite tricks, however, is the quick kick, a strong offensive weapon at Amherst. The reserves are not too strong but there are enough of them to provide Harvard with determined resistance for 60 minutes...