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...pound weight. As coach and trainer of Tootell, I discovered that he progressed rapidly with a lot of speedy work with this modified hammer and that this, combined with plenty of gymnasium exercise, kept him steadily increasing in weight and strength. Constant practice remedying defects and patience to conquer any such is bound to develop perfect coordination. I firmly believe there is more technique used in developing a man in controlling himself while turning three times in a restricted circle of seven feet in diameter than in any other event, in track and field competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOWDOIN AND TECH TRACK COACHES WRITE ON HALF CENTURY OF I.C.4A. COMPETITION | 5/21/1926 | See Source »

...WRESTLERS CONQUER BRADFORD'S MATMEN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE WRESTLING WIN FEATURES WEEKEND | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...exerpt, to double for Dix, and to run 80 yards for Yale against Harvard. If humor depends upon incongruity, this is a wow. A post-game celebration results in the wrecking of the Club Prado in accordance with the best Mack Sennett traditions. Quarterback Dexter and his backfield mates conquer the waiter's eleven, but are penalized 30 days, for unnecessary roughness by the superior blue jacket reserves. An accidental escape from jail follows, a hasty wedding, so that Dexter's stay in foreign waters may not be lonesome, and a pardon by the district attorney--the bride's father...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/10/1926 | See Source »

Henceforth when war debats are burdensome, the French can slave the would in their pockets by the though of Mlle. Lenglen's victory. Les Americains can take the gold but their best players can not conquer the incomparable Suzanne. Like the battle of the Marne, the conflict at Cannes serves to reinforce a failing sense of superiority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DOUBLE VICTORY | 2/18/1926 | See Source »

...since 1894 of the New York Health Department Bureau of Laboratories. During the War A.E.F. medical officers esteemed highly the efficacious serums of this bureau and traveled miles to get them from supply depots. Dr. Park has characterized pneumonia as "probably about the worst disease we have left to conquer, aside from those which attack adults of comparatively advanced age. Pneumonia now kills more persons every year than tuberculosis. [The last thorough data (1923) gives the U. S. pneumonia death rate as 109 per 100,000 of population.] Human beings are liable to it at practically every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pneumonia | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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