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...proved to be the mainstay of the financial side of the Government. The banks, insurance companies, railroads and municipal and state governments that have been helped may repay over a period of years. Excellent collateral has been required, so that it is generally felt the loans will pay out close to 95 per cent on the dollar on an average...
Harvard's power tonight will lie in its specialty events, the backstroke and breaststroke. Captain Ed Stowell has been the Crimson mainstay in the backstroke for three years, taking the Intercollegiate Championship in his Sophomore year. Now by turning in times that are close to the one-minute, 42-second mark, he has put himself up among the college leaders, and should be able to finish among the first three in the intercollegiates this year...
Dick Boys, the mainstay of the Harvard squad will be faced by a serious obstacle in opposing Ned Wilson, the Eli center, who stands six feet, seven inches, five inches taller than Boys. Wilson is the only newcomer on the Yale team. Captain Earl Nikkel is at left forward and will be paired with James deAngelis, who will probably get the call over Howard Kellogg at right forward. The guards will be Egbert Miles and Ben Reese. Captain Nikkel is one of the high point scorers in the Eastern league, making a high record in the last two years
...members of the squad are sophomores of whom a substantial nucleus will be built up as a mainstay for future teams. Four men from the class of 1936 played on last year's freshman team and these are Comfort, who captained the quintet, Ernst, Grady, and Greeley...
...Fowler, star and mainstay of the Western team breaks training the night before the big game to visit a girl whom he has known for several months. She reveals that she is married, and that her husband, who had some money on the game, would consider it a great favor if Fowler didn't play the next day, and would blackmail him if he did. Asserting his righteous scorn and little pugilistic ability, our hero breaks his hand, but is rescued by his friends before further damage can be done. During the game, handicapped by the pain in his hand...