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...team that broke Harvard's winning streak last year has lost only two men, Em Walker and diver Holmes Wilson. All the rest, except the Sophomores, are veterans of topflight competition. For its season's opener, the Freshman squad will rely on Carter in the sprints, Burgess in the breastroke, and Gernon in the distances...
...Universal) adds another to the staggering total of prison breaks screen convicts have made from Hollywood jails. Though "the technical adviser on break scenes" in this film was a paroled former convict, the picture is chiefly interesting because Victor McLaglen plays a warden with a larcenous streak and a guilty conscience; Edward Brophy plays a sly trusty who finds the warden out; and Master Jackie Cooper successfully continues his graduation out of short pants into juveniles...
...snatching the game, which for drama equaled anything ever seen in the Garden, the high-flying Blackbirds preserved a winning streak rare in basketball annals. Because they play so many games a season, U. S. basketball teams seldom finish a season undefeated. Long Island University, however, won all its 24 games last year, had by last week won 42 games in a row (eight of them this season...
This week, on the same court where they were bagged just three years ago almost to a day, a new flock of Blackbirds, with a winning streak of 42, will meet Southern California, year in & year out one of the most formidable basketball teams in the country. If they can outshoot Sam Barry's Trojans, Clair Bee's boys will earn their reputation as a college basketball team second to none...
Captain Howie Mendel, still playing with two bum knees, was unable to function effectively as the Nassan eleven, playing with almost perfect passing and shooting, extended their undefeated streak to six games...