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Captain Lovejoy and Allen were given a rest after their hard work against Dartmouth. The University line-up was: Bingham and Luman ends; Joss and Root, tackles; Eckart and Sturhahn, guards; Burt, center: Bench, quarter; Scott, Cottle, and Pond, backs. One of the ends on the Freshman team, Mallory, is the brother of Captain Mallory of last year's team...
...Lieut. Rex Stoner in a Curtiss PW-8-A were the first three to fly to a point ten miles behind the start and ascend in the customary "tower" from which the racers plunge down to the starting pylon at maximum speed. Last to leave the ground was Captain Burt E. Skeel, his 520-horse Curtiss R-6 leaping up with a great burst of power. Said the crowd: "There goes the winner...
Died. Captain Burt E. Skeel, 30, of Selfridge Field, Mich., "one of the best air pilots in the U. S."; at Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, in a flying accident during the Pulitzer Cup Race. (See AERONAUTICS...
...Haven, Conn., Sept 30. The Yale eleven held practice today in the midst of a driving rain storm. It was thought best to keep Captain Lovejoy out of the scrimmage for the day, since he is suffering from a slight cold. However, Burt ably substituted in his place. The first team line-up was: Bingham and Luman, ends; Joss and Butterworth, tackles; Eckart and Wortham, guards: Burt, center; Weineeke, quarter-back; and Cottle, Pond and Bench, backs...
Saturday the second team was composed of Osborne and Potts, ends; Guernsey and Wandergriff, tackles; Hickok and Burt, guards; Stewart, center; Wadsworth, quarterback; Kline and Scott, halfbacks; Noble, fullback. Probably at the present moment drastic changes have been made in this lineup or are contemplated...