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...glider, as everyone knows, is a small, motorless, extremely light-weight airplane. It usually takes the air by coasting down a hillside to gain sufficient momentum. A more modern method is to hold the glider steady, attach to its nose a shock cord made of rubber bands. Tension is applied to the shock cord and, on a given signal, the glider is flipped suddenly into the air like a pebble from a slingshot. An automatic release hook then drops the shock cord. Once in the air, the pilot of a glider must depend on air currents. Usually he circles around...
Before the start of the triangular regatta, the University and M.I.T. light-weight crews staged the race which had been called off on the previous day. The powerful Tech oarsmen struck out in the lead from the beginning and increased their advantage throughout the race. They finished at least two and a half lengths ahead of their Crimson rivals. This victory gives Tech an undefeated season with victories over all the members of the Big Three...
...reason of his three trips over the last lime line against Middlebury, stands third in order with 18 points to his name. Stafford and Sayles each have 12 markers to their credit, gained by touchdowns. Zarokov and Miller both have carried the ball for a single score, and the light-weight reserve also has one extra point on the 1925 books. Chauncey's drop-kick against Brown gave him three notches, and Moseley has booted two goals after touchdowns. Only nine men on the Crimson forces figure in the actual scoring of points this fall...
...Crosby, light-weight Crimson ball carrier whose off-tackle slants have featured every Harvard game this fall...
...featherweight, but advancing age has brought flesh upon him. He won the title from Eugene Criqui in July, 1923, a month after Criqui had thrashed Johnny Kilbane, onetime champion. By no means "through," Dundee's present ambition is to fight Benny Leonard for the world's light-weight title...