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...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 a wan and flickering fable against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter Football | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

...yard dash. B. L. Young, Jr., '07; 880-yard run. M. B. Van Brunt '08; mile run, S. T. Hubbard '07; 2-mile run. M. S. Crosby '08; 120-yard hurdles. W. McN. Rand '09: 220-yard hurdles, J. F. Deyle '07; broad-jump, O. F. Rogers '08; highjump. G. E. Roosevelt '09: pole-vault, A. G. Grant '07; shot-put, B. T. Stephenson '08; hammer-throw, H. E. Kersburg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Captains of Track Squad Chosen | 10/4/1906 | See Source »

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