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Oldest observers of football history recall no record to compare with the consistent captaincy of Walter Kop-pisch. For the third year in succession he was elected captain of the Columbia University eleven. Next year Koppisch will complete his fourth season on the Columbia varsity owing to his entrance in college before the passage of a three- year-rule. He is also a notable figure in intercollegiate track, holding (with others) the world's record of 49 3/5 seconds for the quarter-mile (indoor...
...Horse. In 2 minutes, 37 seconds, Papyrus covered 1 mile 4 furlongs 27 yards and won the English Derby. The record is 2 minutes 34 1/5 seconds by Spion Kop...
General Viljoen rose during the late war, from the position of commandant of the Witwatersrand goldfields, to the position of assistant commandant-general of the Transval forces, second in command to General Botha. He played a prominent part in the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrantz, besides being on active campaigning duty at other times. On January 25, 1902, he was captured by the British and sent to St. Helena, where he was imprisoned until the end of the war. He was also a member from Johannesberg in the Transvaal Volksraad...