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Replacing Old Dob Dob as Governor, General the Viscount ("Tiger") Gort, 55, onetime Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived at Malta in the teeth of a heavier-than-usual air attack.* Sworn in while bombs were dropping, by a chief justice whose hand was bleeding, Tiger Gort fell on his face when a bomb crashed close...
...down more than 200 Jap planes, lost only 16 pilots. Even some of those 16 the Jap could not claim. They were lost in forced landings and in the occasional wild flying that is inseparable from the air work of a high-spirited outfit like the Fei Hu (Flying Tiger...
Looy, dot Dope was the nickname, borrowed from Milt Gross, which Lewis Brereton's Army chums pinned on him years ago. It was a mark of affection and respect. Brereton, from the start of his Army career, was dopey like a tiger...
...Tiger, poor tiger...
Most of the action took place in Tiger territory, as the Crimson team pressed Princeton throughout the game, but at the crucial moments the Nassau forwards broke through on scrums and effectively prevented the Crimson backs from joining in the offense. Tom Mountain, former Tiger grid star, and high scorer for the Harvard club never really got started as the opposition's forwards cooperated to keep him bottled...