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...Backus, a spindly-framed youngster, was washed out of the Army Air Corps because he was underweight. Home again to Long Island, Backus got his back up and went to work with bar bells to build muscle and weight. He also began to fool around with the 35-lb. weightthrow, a track & field event normally reserved for bulge-bellied giants-in fact, the weight men are commonly called "whales." At Tufts College, Backus, still slim but taking on weight, became a better-than-average weight-thrower, but he was always in the shadow of his roommate Tom Bane...
Just a year ago Backus, now a strapping giant (6 ft. 5 in., 218 Ibs.), and still doggedly heaving the 35-lb. weight, managed to throw it a new record distance, a quarter of an inch, farther than Bane's mark. Again Backus suffered a disappointing washout. On inspection, it was found that the 35-lb. weight was a few ounces underweight...
...STANDISH BACKUS...
Soapy's old Princeton buddy Stan Backus is a solid Republican, but last week he voiced a kind of pathetic bipartisan concern about the prodigy. "Today, when the class of '33 gets together, we talk about Soap," said Backus. "He's the guy who has done the most and gone the farthest. But I've stopped trying to explain him to my friends. For a while I would stand up for him and make excuses for his actions. But I can't any more. It's strange. We always looked to Soapy for ideals...
...Bane and Backus are not outstanding with the shot, and top Jumbo pole vaulter Charlie Chislom is ailing. Even in top condition Chisolm would probably not come close to the Crimson's Bob Mello. Mello and Bill Geick will get their broad jump competition 21-feet leapers Jones, Al Price...