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...retain his title in the 100. He has twice done 51.6 this year, almost a full second better than his nearest rival, Ed Hall of Massachusetts State, who is credited with a 52.5 effort. Dartmouth's Fred Worthen, Dave St. John, Columbia sophomore, Hueber of Penn, Tom Britton, Pulleyn, Kelley and Ed Pope, all of Yale, are among the score of topflight entries in the century...
...yard Free Style--Won by Eusden (H); second, Britton (Y); third, Downing (H). Time...
Coach Hal Ulen's lone "star" of the meet was "Big John" Eusdon, who defeated Yale's Britton in 23.9 seconds. According to some officials, moreover, had Eusden squeezed in another quick stroke immediately before the finish of the race, he might have cut down his time by as much as a half a second...
...following clipping from the Yale News shows the possible stand that Yale will take in regard to tug-of-war contests at the intercollegiate games: Tug-of-war team-The candidates for the University tug-of-war team will commence active training next Monday under the charge of Britton, P.G. and all men wishing to try for positions on the team must hand their names to Mr. Dole, immediately...
...Colonel Britton's campaign was ingenious. It was more. It was the first antidote prescribed for the apathy of Europe. It was the first organized attempt to unite the spirit and forces of resistance. Symbols are strangely powerful in politics, and a symbol had been found for a future revolution against Fascism. If kept alive, V might come to stand, in Germany and all conquered countries, for a great underground movement against Naziism, for democracy's vast Column...