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...cited the "crematory" bill-a perfect "sandbagger." This measure would have required that no person in Missouri be cremated for 48 hours after death. Reason given: possible traces of murder, such as poison, could not thus be destroyed. Kicker in the bill: everybody to be cremated must first be inspected by the local coroner. Fee: $10. Natural effect of such a bill was to arouse high hopes in Missouri coroners; to arouse opposition among cemetery operators. Hay charged: "My conclusion was that they [certain legislators] conspired to frame a plan through which they would receive money...
...earlier graduate, captain of the football team and famous place kicker, John H. Dean '34, is among those who has reported for duty...
Noticeably absent from the ranks of the sixty or more hopefuls who reported for the first session of signal and blocking drills were Charley Spreyer star of last year's Pennsylvania game and Henry Vander Eb, expert place kicker. Both men drew low numbers in the draft and will definitely be called into service in July. Although Captain Fran Lee runs a chance of being called in July, he nevertheless is working out with the squad for the five weeks practice session which ends...
...having Steve Mailett desert his tackle post to do the team's booting last Saturday proved none too good. Any hope of a deceptive running attack was stifled by the presence of a lineman in the Crimson backfield and vice-versa. Consequently the Dartmouth linemen smashed in at the kicker, rushing him, and the safety man always had plenty of interference to make things easier for him on his runbacks. With O'Donnell in the kicking post the threat of an end sweep or line play is considerably enhanced...
Minus the services of their star kicker, Hank Vander Eb, who has gone to Pennsylvania to strengthen the Varsity's point-after-touchdown department, the Jayvees realized their potentialities today, with the result that victory was never in doubt...