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Four of the Cantabs' starters in their string of victories during the pre-exam contests have left for the armed forces, have graduated, or have been transferred to other V-12 schools. Lost for the remainder of the season are Bill Sweeney, hard-hitting tackle, whom the Navy has transferred; Jim Crane, regular center, who has graduated from the NROTC; Freshman flash at wingback Glen Schultz, who has gone into the Armed Services; and Walt Coulson, another Frosh standout, starting end and number one punter for the squad, who has also left for the armed forces...
Only a year ago the string of bases which formed the Navy's vital pipeline still ran far to the south, as far removed as possible from the Japs' reach. Supplies were piped to Nouméa in New Caledonia, base of the desperate drive to recover the Solomons. Extensions ran to Australia, base of the equally desperate drive to recover New Guinea...
Since spring practice, McKeever has sifted and shifted his young huskies from spot to spot. Freshman Johnny Ray bounced from end to center to guard before winding up as first-string center. Towering Joe Gasparella, a 6-ft.-4 freshman who started as a center, has become a quarterback. This week, after six months of juggling, McKeever was still at it, still maneuvering and polishing, as he prepared his powerhouse for Dartmouth's not-so-strong Ivy Leaguers...
Socialist Norman Thomas, announcing that this would be his final campaign, went on making by far the best denunciations of both the New Deal and the G.O.P. John Bricker and Harry Truman carried on their second-string campaigns, giving many local arrangements committees a chance to serve hot chicken patties...
Signal Corps Lieut. John Johnson, of Atlanta, Ga., and others took a baffled ' look at what A.S.F. had sent, and hurried on. Combat units merely unroll their telephone wires along the ground or string them through handy trees. They have no time to put up poles...