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Sitting in opposing corners of the ring are two of the ablest and most popular members of the Varsity glove team. Captain Pete Olney and Alf Corbett, and they provide a show of their own that will go on all through the evening. Each takes one of the two fighters, coaches him (as much as he dares), tries to drive him to victory. Tonight Alf is going to be out for revenge for he drew ten losers in the first afternoon, while Olney only dropped four...
...Alf Engen of Salt Lake City; the national amateur ski-jumping tournament: on Ecker Hill 25 mi. east of his home town; by jumping 245 ft. for a new U. S. record...
...other most important bout of the card is expected when Alf Corbett faces Kaplan, captain of the Southerners. The result of the meet probably hinges on these two matches; for if the Crimson loses both or even one their cause will be dark indeed. Alf has knocked out his only opponent this year, has an undefeated record for his few bouts. He has improved fast this year after being out all last season with a broken hand. Another Senior, Johnny Brassill, who will be boxing for the first time this season, faces Marion Brooks, whose only defeat so far this...
...collections will exceed actual payments by $480,000,000. This money will be invested in Government bonds and if a $40,000,000,000 reserve should be built up as anticipated, the Government might eventually owe its whole public debt to its prospective pensioners. It was this that Alf Landon last fall called a "cruel hoax" on the workers of America...
President Frederick Harold Stinehfield of Minneapolis when the full A. B. A. convenes in Kansas City in September was Arthur T. Vanderbilt of Newark, N. J.. whose sponsors told the House they had boomed him for U. S. Attorney General to Alf M. Landon last autumn. Now 48, Lawyer Vanderbilt has been teaching law at New York University for 23 years, been Essex County Counsel for 16 years, chairman of the Judicial Council of New Jersey since...