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Although playing on an alien court will be a handicap for the quintet, they started on their trip yesterday in high spirits. A stiff practice on Monday and as easier one early yesterday afternoon served to iron out many of the kicks that developed Saturday night in the Crimson offense...
...exam harried group of Yardlings will battle the high spirited Andover crew in the latter's home cage and these two facts should give the Freshmen a ten point handicap. The Crimson is strong in the dashes and runs, depending largely on the support of Doug Pirnie, Don Forte, Ted Graves, Paul Johrde, Fred Phinney, and Ray Guild for points...
...played since the night of January 13, when it lost to Dartmouth by a 51 to 33 score, but Fesler has been holding short daily practices of an hour or so each all during the lay-off, and the lack of practice ought not to be too great a handicap. The hoopsters have looked fast and ready for action in three hard scrimmages...
...basic works for a Scott Ballet that the Ballet Theater is going to do on the Coast this summer). This writer has never had too much love for Scott's stuff, feeling that it was over-arranged, and mainly tricks rather than good swing. However, even with this handicap, the six men make the tune sound a thousand times as good as does the Pops Symphony...
...Miler Glenn Cunningham: an indoor, handicap mile in which he conceded up to 40 yards to seven opponents; time 4:19.6; in Manhattan. Famed Miler Luigi Beccali refused his 15-yard handicap, started from scratch, failed to place. Next night, on the radio, Glenn said he would retire after this season...