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...This is a total of 336 yards gained by one player, and is as impressive an individual performance as the 1920 gridiron can show. All in all, he has shown himself to have all the attributes necessary for "All-American" calibre, and, along with Oss of Minnesota, the Badger "Blacksmith" bids fair to succeed to "Chick" Harley's niche in Middle Western College Football. It will be interesting to see what Walter Eckersall has to say about Gipp's work during the rest of the season. The former quarterback now reporting for the Chicago press has more influence on Walter...
...brains to go through with the task. He is really a pathetic figure. He is wasting valuable money and even more valuable time, but he is so serious and faithful about it that everybody hates to tell him that he ought to be working in a blacksmith shop or a factory. It is true that he often succeeds in obtaining a degree, but he would be just as well off without it. He is the one who has caught education but, having caught it, doesn't know what to do with it. He cannot make it serve any useful purpose...
...coach, will soon be looking over the men in khaki in search of likely material. Not the usual hundred men will be at his disposal; instead, he is at liberty to draw from thousands. Many will have a gridiron past, many will have spent their leisure hours at the blacksmith's trade, but all will be eager for a friendly scrimmage before the real kick-off on the other side...
...central feature, is 160 by 220 feet in size. The actual size of the drill hall is 100 by 220 feet, but there are two aisles of 30 feet in breadth on either side of the hall. In these aisles are situated the gun rooms, harness room, blacksmith shop, dispensary and lavatories, on one side; lecture and assembly rooms, lockers and showers on the other...
...least 120 horses in these stables. At the entrance end of the stable is located the saddle room, in which the saddles and harnesses are stored on racks and other equipment in cases, and at the opposite end the dispensary and room for the stable sergeant, tool-room, and blacksmith shop...