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Chief of Harvard's own fire department was Fred Graves who retired last summer after over 15 years with the maintenance department. Many more of the old "fire horses," all drawn from the maintenance department, are still around however, including Armand Perry, Al Gardiner, Herb Wilson and James Habcock...
Penn Coach Howie Dallmar, who has been juggling his lineup all season, still has his set shot ace, six foot five Paul Fitzpatrick, and key pivot man, Captain Bill Harmon benched with injuries. Dallmar will probably rely on his lanky center Herb Lyons, who has been averaging 16 points, to lead the Penn attack...
Three months ago 27-year-old Herb McKenley resolved to learn how to run indoors. For the best training he went to South Orange, N.J., put himself under the tutelage of canny Johnny Gibson, track coach at Seton Hall College. He described his past boners and phobias: "I worry so much about getting into a jam that I forget about pacing myself. Once I get in with all those elbows I'm licked and drop back. It's either ahead or behind. I hate that pack...
Slow Down. Gibson nodded sympathetically and put Herb on cross-country to build up endurance. Then he tried him on the board track at Seton Hall. Lesson No. i was how to go into turns. McKenley was told to lean into them, dropping the left shoulder and bringing the right arm up and away from the body...
...phobia surged up inside McKenley. When he got a good start and led the field to the first turn, he felt suddenly relieved. But when he thought he heard feet padding too close to him, he spurted again. As his lead widened to 15 yards, friends shouted, "Slow down, Herb! Slow down!" He had stepped the first 440 yards in 48.8 seconds, near-record time, but it was too fast a pace for the 600. With half a lap to go he began to stagger, and Brooklyn's Frank Fox made a bid to pass...