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Fifteen pounds lighter than the Terrier pups, the Crimson yearlings will have the services of several regulars who have been intermittently benched for injuries...
Although many games were played on a frozen field, and the players were no padding except on their elbows an knees, there were fewer injuries than there are today. One reason is that the teams were lighter. Woodman, for example, who played left tackle for three years in the Eighties, weighed only 175, and was considered easily heavy enough for that position...
...this column was gathered with some sparring and tilting. The quest for truth was not enhanced by Bob's quiet, modest nature when discussing his past. Some people, for instance, think 175 pounds is light for pro football. When asked, Bob admitted that he might have been a little lighter than average, but he added that he outweighed his running mates, McLean and McAfee...
...that they would save up to 7% on their bread by refusing to take back stale leftovers from retailers. The National Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Council of Farm Cooperatives produced a five-point program to save grain by feeding less, eliminating waste and marketing lighter stock...
...college. Harkness lost an 8 to 7 decision to Wittenberg just before the war and holds the distinction of being the man most nearly to beat Henry. Now an architect in the Boston area, Harkness worked out at the Indoor Athletic Building twice a week last winter. In the lighter classes Harvard chances, in fact Eastern chances, are grim; for traditionally the light and middleweights come from Oklahoma, which for 25 years has been the grappling center...