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From the 86 men who turned out almost a month ago, Harper has whittled his squad down to 16, from whom he must name a first string five. Four men who are almost certain starters are center John Stevenson, forwards Jerry Murphy and Bill Hickey, and guard Bill Borah. The other guard will be either Alden Davis or Jim Downey. Others who are slated to see action are forwards Red Barry and Paul Altrocchi. Altrocchi is the brother of John, who played freshman and jayvee ball and is now on the varsity squad...
Howie Houston, recently-elected captain of the 1949 football team, has made a first string berth on the International News Service All-Eastern team. Houston has often been cited throughout the season for his excellent performance at tackle on defense and guard on offense...
...hadn't played in public concert for nearly 40 years, but he had kept in practice at his summer home in Maine, playing trios with his neighbors-one of them Violinist Tossy Spivakovsky. To prepare himself for his chamber concert, Monteux had practiced with the San Francisco String Quartet for two weeks, while also getting his orchestra ready for its first concert of the season...
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 (the Paganini Quartet; Victor, 6 sides). Here, in Beethoven's last great quartet, is the kind of music that Pianist Artur Schnabel describes as "better than it can be played." The Paganini Quartet version is almost the equal of the old Budapest String Quartet performance; the recording is much better...
...money from the school. Worse still, rigid entrance exams kept out boys who were fast on their feet but slow in the head. And when Wild Bill finally got his boys together for practice, some of them couldn't stay long. Norm Keats, 210-lb. first-string tackle and a dramatic student, had to leave practice half an hour early for theater rehearsals...