Colonel "Art" Meehan - He dis­ tinguished himself on the football field and in the service of his country. By Joe Cahill F OOTB LL TEAM come and go but at West Point his mighty armada of bombers took off into the night. there is one team that will Ii e on in the memory The mi ion, if succe ful, would be Ii ted as the of every graduate. That team i the 1926 aggregation. longe·t over-water bombing fli ght in a rial combat Man for man, pound for pound, that club had many hi tory. With deft preci ion the gallant Colonel' of the greate t football players ever to attend the bombers followed him over the target and "bombed Military Acad my. Their powerful offen ive play was the hell out of them." Ieehan called the righ t play topped only by a great Iotre Dame powerhou e who again! ot a plane was lo t in thi gigantic under­ barely eked out a one touchdown deci ion putting the taking and the Jap in tallation were practically de­ only blemish on an otherwi e succe ful sea on. The moli heel. For thi daring mi ion Colonel 1eehan was motto of thi great team wa : "Fi~ht on to victory." awarded the Distinguisned Flying Cro s. And these eleven men did ju t that! The crappy little quarterback loved to fi ght a he had It was on this team that Art Meehan fir t di played loved to play. hortly after the amazing attack on the grim determination and awe-in piring play that Wake, Meehan disappeared. Reports were vague a ha carried him to the pinnacle of succes in the to what had happened to the quietly efficient hero of Pacific. He vani hed durinu a greater game of war. He was hort in stature and never the aerial war in the 0 tipped the cales above 155 pounds. But ize was no night bombing mi ion omewhere in the Soulhwe t detriment to thi human dynamo. Time after time Art Pacific in weather that was d crihed a "stinking." brilliantly matched the skill and aggres ivene of hi Art wa gallantly playing his u ual role as the "lead­ heavier opponent and thrilled at the opportunity of er. ' It was another perilous combat flight and his dumping a 200 pound tackle with a cleverly executed squadron members could not tell where hi plane had block. In pite of hi size Meehan fit nicely into the di appeared, but it was over Jap-held ew Guinea cadet attack directinu the offen ive play of his team­ probably Rabaul. Ironically, on the fir t anniver ary mate from the quarterback po ition. He wa a fear­ of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor, Art's wife and le s player and was always at hi best when the going two children received the di heartening teleo-ram from was toughe t. the ~ 'ar Department stating that Colonel Ieehan was "mi sing in action." WHETHER you are liRtening to exciting Lories of far away land Today . Colonel Meehan ha matched his gridiron career with an equally astonishing record on the field The flying Colonel i a product of ~ ·ood tock, Illinoi . or sneakin" a nap after dinner, ) on will find that a colt Lawn of battle. ince the outbreak of ho tilitie rt has Born in eptember, 1904, he cho e We t Point and ght. hortly after then the Air Corp for a career. Ju t a he put every­ provides a selling that' , hard Lo heal ,:, * ext prmg treat your found himself in the thicke t of the fi Pearl Harbor he planned and executed many deva tat­ thing he had into the game of football, Art put his yard to colt eed and Turf Builder. Own an outdoor living-room ing raid again t Japane e installation in the outh­ heart into flying and his ucce s wa meteoric. He west Pacific. attained the Latu of a Command Pilot, in addition to th ntir fomil can njoy *,:, If our dealer can't uppl you, riL Combat and Aircraft Observer. In June, 1942, he quarterbacked the be t play of his came in 1932 when ll"rite for a frt'P subscription life. The cagey Jap army had in tailed huge coa tal His final whirl at the grid game l Y, M RY ' ILL•, OHI e t Point to a i t M. TT ro O CO fP lo /,men C11re. Tl,e.w, b11/­ batteries and impenetrable defen e on Wake I land. the young olon l wa recalled to ~ ' le1i11s are chocl,·.full of bet­ with the coaching of the Army backfield. / er la w,i recipes. It was widely known that if our armie were to be uc­ ce sful in launching their offen ive in the Pacific, Official word ha not been received as to the fate of Wake Island fortification mu t be quickly and de­ this out landing American but from We t Pointer ci ively impaired. Art gave the ignal just a though everywhere comes the salute that hi job was "well SEED and IURE BUILDER . • lHE~~ he were calling one of the touchdown play m ')ne of clone." Army's important traditional tilt . The time element and end in battle! ---~RO\lEN COMBIN"ATION EOR BE~UIIFUL L"AWNS_ _,, was important and with no alternative Meehan \t'ho can deny, football pays divid INDIANA-OHIO STATE Wilbur E. Snypp, Editor William A. Woodruff, Advertising Manager William S. Guthrie, Circulation Manager Football Pays Dividend In Battle____ 1 Indiana Players ------------ 8, 25, 29 Ohio's Service Record ______________ 2 Hoosiers of 1944________ ---- --- 10 Ohio State Roster (Alphabetically)_ _14 Ohio State P layers ------ 4, 11, 13, 30 Ohio State Numbers (Numerically) __ 16 Down To See In Aisle Seats________ 5 Indiana Playing Nos. (Numerically) 21 L. W . St. John and C. C. Wjddoes ___ 6 Indiana Football Roster_ ____________ 22 Indiana Coaching S taff_ ___________ 7 Ohio Stadium Facts_ _______________ 27 Indiana Football Squad ____________ 7 Last Scores with 1944 Opponents_ ___ 34 National Advertising R eprtsentathe T H E DON SPENCER CO., INC. 12,816 271 Madison Ave. New York Clt1 NOVEMBER 4, 1944 DEAD 66 MISSING 56 PRISON~]~ tttJ!tofl, C!>NlfF 2 3 Down To See In Aisle Seats BY HARROLD C. ECKERT, '25, Editorial department, The Ohio State Journal Bob Hope in "The Princess and the Pirate," shot Ann Blyth, Rosemary deCamp, Gavin Muir and in glorious all-Technicolor, is the weekend's ranking John Miljan also are trouping in "The Merry Mon­ attraction for our gridtime visitors. Produced by ahans," which is a better musical than you might Samuel Goldwyn with his customary disregard for g1e1ess from its corny title. There's authority and expense, this swashbuckling escapist piece is being authenticity in almost every detail of this homely, shown by the RKO PALACE. And to crowds. appealing, nostalgic saga of vaudeville and its peo­ ple of another era. OLLIE CLINE LES HORVATH GORDON APPLEBY Cleveland's Mr. Hope, the First Citizen of Fullback Quarterback- Halfback Captain-Center Comedy of Hollywood ( ask any G .I., in any fox­ The show further is a cavalcade of great musical Fredericktown, 0 . Parma, 0 . Massillon, 0 . hole) has the support of Virginia Mayo, Walter hits of alt time, including reprises of "Missouri Brennan, W .alter Slezak and Victor McLaglen in Waltz," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Some of this long-heralded attraction. The Palace has added These Days," "I Hate to Lose You," "In My Merry Donald Barry and Ruth Terry in "My Buddy," Oldsmobile," "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie to fill out its current dual. Melody," "Rose Room," and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose." Of the orig­ "Summer Storm," now at LOEW'S OHIO, re­ inals composed expressly for its core, "Lovely" is vives the scene and reviews the foibles and problems the leader. of Russian aristocracy of 1912. A finely etched drama of passion and grim decadence has been The Grand also is exhibiting "The Invi ible Man's drawn from this adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Revenge," fifth of a series of fast-moving but pre­ "The Shooting Party." George Sanders and Linda posterous chiller-diller fables. The cast is top­ Darnell are starred, with the latter's portrayal of drawer for this type vehicle, being headed by Jon the beauteous and designing Olga a recommended Hall, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ank­ portraiture. A proved artist, Sanders gives another ers, Leon "Rubber Lgs" Errol, lean John Carradine, adept performance as Judge Petroff. Newcomer Doris Lloyd and Billy Bevan. Hall's maniac with Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Anna Lee and a persecution cG>mplex is the capital portrayal. Sig. Rumann are singled from the support for L O EW'S BROAD has stocked a brace of re­ citations. issues from Warner Brothers. There's the florid RAY DIPIERRO ERNEST COTTRELL melodrama, "Tiger Shark," as a running mate for Guard Tackle "Summer Storm'' is shy on action, being primar­ Toledo, O. Curtice, 0 . " Brother Rat." Edward G. Robinson, Zita Johann ily a conversation piece. But its biting, taut dialog, and Richard Arlen head "Tiger Shark." Jolly, its expe rt characterizations and its generally smooth warfree days on the campus at V.M.I. form the direction (by Douglas Sirk, co-author of the scen­ background for "Brother Rat," and that title refers ario with Rowland Leigh) combine to make it an to a term of comradeship bietween lower classmen attraction of merit in Loew's Ohio.