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...Coach Wes Fesler, who has been in charge of the gridiron drills during Harlow's absence, will continue to direct the Crimson footballers in their spring practice workouts. According to present plans, spring drills will probably end on Monday...
Among the star rugger backs are Dave Cowell, former Yale gridiron great, who scored against Queens Saturday; Bill Waters and Henry Kidder, also scorers in the Queens game; Bob Wesselhoeft, secretary of the Club; Henry Goff and Olf Osgood, formerly on the Princeton Rugby team...
Husky John Brookes taught school in Washington for six years to put himself through George Washington University, left in 1913 with a gridiron reputation, an M. A. and LL.B. cum laude. Going to Atlanta as a stranger to practice law, he attracted both friends and clients by acting as line coach for the Georgia Tech football team under famed John William Heisman. In 1917 he went to Pittsburgh to form a legal department for the Mellon-controlled Koppers Co. (coal, coke, gas, tar), rose to be a vice president and director. Through his friend Cyrus Eaton of Republic Steel Corp...
...Senate Press Gallery in Washington from 1898 to 1931, Senate Librarian from 1931 to 1935, now assistant administrator of the archives of the U. S., 63-year-old James D. Preston is a familiar figure to Washingtonians. An accomplished woodworker, he has designed the sets for most recent Gridiron Club shows. A ringer for Neville Chamberlain, he impersonated the British Prime Minister in the last Gridiron show with no make-up except an umbrella. Last week Jim Preston's long and honorable career reached an appropriate climax. He accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood as technical adviser...
About 30 Yardling gridiron hopefuls and a smattering of Sophomores were on hand yesterday afternoon to greet Coach Dick Harlow and his assistants in the first official session of spring practice in preparation for the 1939 pigskin parade...