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John Garfield Subs

Bill Stern Sports Newsreel · August 8, 1947 · 14 min · 2,942 words

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Co-gay presents the Bill Stern Show starring John Garfield. Bill Stern and the Colgate take tremendous power away. This week is his vacation time to rest and play. And for tonight one he's the way to take his place.

We're glad to play. We'll bring you Mr. John Garfield. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Bill Stern is away on the last week of his vacation. Next Friday night he'll be back. But in his place tonight Colgate shave cream is proud to present the distinguished actor and motion picture star John Garfield.

Garfield who tells sports stories that are taken from Bill Stern's popular book entitled My Favorite Sport Stories. So here we go. John Garfield pinch heading for Bill Stern with sports stories from Bill's book. Ladies and gentlemen John Garfield.

Good evening. You know summertime is the time for water sports and no water sport is more thrilling than crew racing. Tonight I'd like to tell you the story about a man named Hiram Conneberg and one of the greatest crew victories in the of the University of Washington.

In the fall of 1907, the famous Gil Dobe became the new football coach at the University of Washington. Dobe brought along with him a man named Hiram Conibear, a professional trainer, famous bicycle racer, who was considered the finest coach in the country, and his only job for Gil Dobe was to condition Washington's football team.

At that time, the Huskies had no regular crew, but some influential alumni became interested in putting crew racing on a formal collegiate basis. Hiram Conibear heard those rumors about making rowing a big-time sport and he began to think that Washington might fire him and then hire somebody else who could serve both as rowing coach and football trainer. So Kanye Bear quickly

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