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...Floors must be painted, rugs replaced. From the storehouse Mrs. Coolidge brought forth a table inset with brass; also, a chair of President Jackson's, which she placed in Mr. Coolidge's study. ¶The President, with a company of the great, attended the 40th spring dinner of the Gridiron Club (composed of Washington newspaper correspondents). A "circus" provided burlesques of "Ringmaster Butler," "the Miami twins, Bill and Charlie,'" "Walsh, the wild man, who goes wild on oil and sugar." The LaFollette crowd, it was announced, had crawled under the tent and set up a three-shell game. Finally...
...passing of the greatest figure in the history of American football. To the horde of readers of sporting pages he was simply the omnipotent eye in the game which saw all, knew all, and through his mythical. All-American teams, published the annual Who's Who of the gridiron. Through this medium Walter Camp was known to the obscurest enthusiast who knew nothing of his uncontested right to sit in judgment over the national college sport...
...Cheek Jr. '26, captain of next year's football team and regular catcher last year on the baseball nine announced yesterday that he would not report to Coach Mahan of the ball team this season in order to give his entire attention to spring gridiron practice...
...Berkeley, the Golden Bears of the University of California basked in balmy sunshine, padded out upon their velvety gridiron, watched eleven red-and-blue-bellied men of Pennsylvania assume positions opposite. The Bears gave greeting, sprawled and stretched genially...
...heavier football men were urged to try for the weight events and the others were recommended to try the running events. Several gridiron performers are already working out daily for the track team. Coach Farrell expects to develop some of these men into track point winners, and he guarantees to help all of them as far as their football ability is concerned...