Word: jumps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Britain has been the leading creditor nation of the world, and the Bank of England rate has been accustomed to leading rather than following. For the time being, however, this former situation has been exactly reversed; and when the Wall Street money merchants snap the whip, Lombard Street must jump. Britons have the same unquestioning faith in the Bank of England as in the monarchial form of government; and to financiers of the older school this episode of London's setting her money rates by those of the U. S. centre is indeed humiliating. Many indignant gentlemen have protested...
...representatives of the other colleges had mighty men in her service. There was Albert ("Truck") Miller, 200-pound sprinter ; Jeff Fletcher, high-hurdle star; "Soapy" Watters, Olympic middle-distance competitor; Bill Tibbetts, sturdy two-miler. Nevertheless, Emerson Norton, Georgetowner, performed ably in two events (pole vault, running high jump) ; the Georgetown two-mile relay team broke the world's indoor record (time: 7 min., 41 6-10 sec.) ; her one-mile relay team took first place. Harvard was vanquished. Nelson B. Sherrill of Pennsylvania broke the world's record for the indoor pole vault with a miraculous leap...
...starting call at the tap-off job with Leekley starting at left forward. Captain Luman, at center for the Eli quintet, is the second highest scorer on the Yale team to date, and the Crimson substitutions will depend in large part on his playing. Leekley may be shifted to jump against him with Jones used at forward, or Rauh may get the assignment...
...jumps and weights Harvard is weak, although Berglund. Captain Dunker and Jones may be able to collect some stray points. Men like Went-worth of Colby in the 35-pound weight. Norton of Georgetown, in the high jump and shot put, and Bowen of Cornell, a record breaker in both weights last Saturday, will probably clean up in those events...
...High Jump--J. M. Greeley '25, S. B. Janer '27, Charles Jenney...