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...barnacle his babyhood. Tales are told of how, 14, he won a job with an ice-company by swinging a 100-pound block of ice to his shoulders?of how, at 4, after seeing some track and field games at a county fair, he erected a pole and crossbar and taught himself to highjump. The first of these is given a good smell of truth by the much-touted fact that Grange keeps himself conditioned through the hot weather delivering ice to the back-doors of Wheaton, Ill.; and who shall say that the second is false? It seems...
...ditch fighters. Their coming from behind against the Navy has added to their confidence. Notre Dame 21, Princeton 10, represents a fair estimate of the difference between the two teams. Ewing, Tiger drop-kicking wizard, may upset the dope entirely if he gets within range of the Notre Dame crossbar often enough...
...pound, and the 175-pound bouts were especially hard-fought, overtime periods being necessary to decide the winners. Captain Dustin of Brown threw Curtis Nelson '24 in the 145-pound class with a crossbar hold, while in the unlimited class a half nelson and crossbar was used effectively on H. B. Wagner...
During the past three years, there has grown up in Cambridge a legend of the Bloody Crossbar, symbol of terror to those who face Harvard on the football field. It was conclusively proved in Saturday's game that for Yale men the Crimson "H" holds no fears. From beginning to end, the spectators watched a glorious struggle. Defeated in the final game of the season, the 1921 team will go down as one of Yale's great elevens and Malcolm Aldrich as one of Yale's greatest captains. Yale Daily News...
...yards toward the tigers' goal where a yearling fell on it. Encouraged by this turn in fortune, the Freshmen pushed down the field to their opponents 20-yard mark. Jenkins, although withdrawn on account of injuries, returned to the game and dropped a pretty field goal over the crossbar for the final three points...