Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 November 1941 — Page 21

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wide gap in Californid’s line, picked up his coterie of- blockers and sped

175 . yards unmolested.

“Come down to the corner of the stands by the ramp just before the second half,” Pete had begged Anne earlier that day, so while Cali-

fornia’s band formed letters on the

the Gallagher and Shean, Laurel and Hardy, and Amos 'n’ Andy of football. The perfect team. Newspaper men were waiting for Laird when he stepped out of the shower. The kid was good copy. He stood there dripping wet—a shock of brown, curly hair, dark eyes and

field and California's cheer leaders|a strong, fine face—answering their leaped through their antics, she|questions. made her way through a restless 2 8 8

eam escrowd to a spot. where she could! HALF AN HOUR passed before . EE - — : call to Pete as the team returned to|Dinty Dugan—only his wife and the : MARIGaLD TM GOING 7 : the field © 1 TO "PAY "Y e . college president called him Law- ME A You A Eo | Ry jreass--cieaten the suum, Ths ley. MINUTE / COMPLIMENT ’ e . By BURTON BENJAMIN fi "rere, darling,” she called, and | sandece. 20 dressed: excers. 1a “ : !

Pete reached for it hard. Anne began pinching herself in the second half. California tried a

her hand, squeezed) «Hey, Grange—step on it. Alumni are throwing a big feed at the hotel.” Laird nodded and waved.

A messenger boy walked up to

» CHAPTER ONE SIXTY THOUSAND people stood 7up and roared approval as State's

blue-fersied squad came prancing quick kick, Laird picked up thelnim “Ain't you Pete Laird?” he ‘out of the ramp onto the fed. It/loose ball on his 10-yard line and ga wiced, yo ; was California’s first glimpse of the was off again. He ed the diving| ~ «phat right, ; ¢ 70) a most publicized football team in the |California end, shook off one tack=|pavers = ~ oo Son. Whatll you ! SERS !

ler, then another, stiff-armed a third. Up the middle of the field he stormed, bowling right over the

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country, a team that had flown al-. most 3000 miles: to open its season

+ “Some doll outside asked me to give you this note,” replied the

nis > ) confident, _ they [last man Who had a shot at him. "Dear Mr. Lard: ¢ SOF jogged up and down the field—|Ninety yards, most of it covered| * congratulations. You were su- | & 20 cking, passing, loosening up. A Stflevhamdenl tots Sab stunned| PID: AS one of your great ad. | KKSNENI buzz of anticipation ed the hi, i a um ok mirers Pie oa You os RED RYDER

stands.” The tall blond girl who sat in a 50-yard line seat behind State’s | bench was aware that one name | seemed to be on everyone's lips. “Which one’s Laird?” { “Watch him throw that ball!” - “Took at that stride!” “That’s Laird—number,52,” |... .. The tall blond girl sat on the edge of her seat and clenched her hands. Her | eyes never left; that big “52” in the center of the| field. They were lovely eyes—a/ deep blue, honest, intelligent. Her name was Anne Humphreys. - | It seemed incongruous to Anne Humphreys to sit there and hear

person. a Panzer division, a Molotov cocktail and a Spitere rolled. into ane! Iimousine at Gate D. Please stop u e wasn’t through. - SE . ’ ie o . Stephanie Stevens. ma wc when ot] Laird whistled. Say,” ths footpec. o21ball business had a lot more than meets the eye! At least when a

then ay pave. toe Da to Lam then they gave the beg He went 23 yards for his fourthjismous Hollywood star like Stephtouchd not ‘a hand laid on|anle Stevens wrote notes asking for | introductions, things were ‘looking! . = ne up. He slipped on his coat and hur-} ANNE started toward the exit as i

riedout. a oo id) - Sul e . & cab ant All ts; aN 1 . ordered the driver fo take her to a story are Hetttiousy |. 1 town hotel where the team

was quartered. She had to catch|475 GET FLYING

WELL ,MA’'AM ? SINCE RE HE MAYBE YOURE j= GOON THATS ALL RIGHT] [ RECKON WE RNs. Alli SEALED UP IN His ANE LIKE RATS, YOU MIGHT “TELL US WHO You ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' IN PARADISE #

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' idol-worshi eorie shelan even train East, and her meeting 2 : err Know sa iniimaiely as Foie Laird. |with Pete woud be bret he LESSONS AT PURDUE| === They had met three years ago at |driver flicked on his radio and-she Times Special - y

heard the final score—State, 34: California, 0. In the locker room, Pete Laird sloshed under a shower and dodged playful pokes Landers directed his

way. “Same old stuff,” Landers bel-

wed. “Yep,” chortled Laird, “you knock ’em, I run over ’em.”

a-tea-dance when they were both freshmen at State. George Lanfers, Lairas closest friend, hag: ins, groduced them. She remem "how this tall, bashful boy from a West Virginia mining’ town had * ~ blushed and struggled for words. id ‘They had fallen in lgve even before she watched him develop into ; - one of the nation’s leading football

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. l1—A =T A - = . total of 475 persons have received WASHINGTON TUBES 11 la’ are Are Jeceving fight tratning| gpipee "OM, HELLO, DEAR) SHE COULDWT COME = Purd CLUB: | 1S CAROL HERE? / WASH 1S DOING SOME | Purdys University Airport, Catt. 5 SPECIAL WORK FOR £1 Lawrence I. Aretz, in charge of the 7 MR. MCKEE program, announced today. ; § 7 For this training program, five ’ ea cubs, two advance trainers, a Waco They winked and laughed. ‘Seven|cabin and cruiser ship were used. stars. With fame had come poise |years together—high school and|The flight training program for and confidence and a knack for|college—and they werent stopping|Purdue students started Feb. 18, shaking off admirers as shruggingly {Laird and Landers yet. They were| 1939. ' .. a8 if they were. would-be football | - : : i i

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(CMY: WUSBAND GOT IT FROM MR. MCKEE, WIMSELF! FURTHERMORE, WE DROVE BY WASH'S OFFICE — (T'S PARK! TUE JANITOR SANS IT'S BEEN DARK ALL WEEK ~~ISN'T (T SIMPLY TOO THRULING?

(“WORK—WR/ WA! LISTEN, T SIMITY) CAN'T WAIT TO TELL (T/T KNOW FOR A FACT TMAT WASH IS NOT DONG ANY SPECIAL WORK FOR MR. MCKEE L.

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g- ®* zg 8) ; ih GEORGE LANDERS, square- ~ Jawed and blunt, had moved along, * too. His stocky, compact frame made him a blocking marvel. Few people realized his value, although State’s squad thanked him the only way it could. By electing him cap-

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1 . : p— Buf it was Pete Laird who car- TREY | ried tie ball and Pete Laird who (um: Jon, © wanren, got the headlines. Anne bit her lip Te BAND, Canes aur, . when she realized what this season : iE vee ’

—meant to them. They wanted to ‘m right after graduation, but 3 it all depended on the eight games | ahead. They had no money, and '(- their families couldn’t help. Then there was medical school for Pete—that took money, too. And there was only one place to get that money, to cash in on this football season. Success meant indorsements, publicity, plenty of lucrative propositions. It would have to be | this year or never, for Anne knew i well there was nothing so dead as | last year's footbal heroes. : 8 8 X

HER THOUGHTS

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

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by the thud of a bass drum. The You MEAN wou fl YES I SUPP = § crowd rose again and shouted. Cali- pao woe, fl OF conn: ue “fornia had kicked off; and the game SEFF 2 * EE See | Was under way. | VEtos © We W¢ OF A GN wwe ; X ¥ 4 For six or seven minutes Anne's VE : s RS amp |" glance shifted up and down the oye Wasi ND ae ve | gridiron as Stale and California § ’ | ; N ! Em, — a. . felt each other out. Suddenly FA : | + {i State’s juggernaut struck,” and | be. | = =

- Anne was on her feet screaming. Hf With the ball on its 40-yard line, | State pulled a .reverse -with Pete | Laird following four-man interfer- A

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