Word: allens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual appropriation for postage. There is a story that once a letter from England addressed "To the Man who made Kansas Famous" was promptly delivered to him by the Post Office Department. He did a lot for farming. He did as much for Kansas. When he died William Allen White eulogized in the Emporia Gazette: "He was the most useful Kansan of our time...
Bench will win the javelin, in all probability. He will be closely pressed by Kernan of Harvard, while another Allen of Yale is due to take third place...
...that Harvard can win the meet only by a miracle such as that performed by Coach Bingham's team two years ago in defeating Yale by 70 13-15 points to 64 2-15, when all the so-called track experts had predicted an easy Yale victory. Now that Allen is out with a tendon pulled the last day of practice, the Harvard advocates are forced to deduct from their total the eight points which they had hoped he would win in the 440 and 220-yards dashes today, and the result is fatal to their chances of victory...
...Allen's Loss Serious...
...Allen's absence will hit the crimson hard. Gage and Chapman of Yale will be able to take first and second place between them, while Kane, Allen's best substitute, will probably take third place...