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Gifted with supreme faith in himself, Leon Henderson whirls around Washington in clothes almost sensationally unkempt. He is a dark-haired, truculent 200-pounder with a temper which often sets his fists a-flying, seldom gets him into controversy with superiors who can shove him upward. As a boy out of Millville, N. J., he worked his way through Swarthmore College, played basketball and football there. Once, in a huff, he stripped off his basketball suit, marched naked from the gym. When he was an economics instructor at Carnegie Tech, he had the fortitude to take his class to hear...
From the coxswain's position, little 85' pound, Jimmy will steer the boat that has finally been selected to start against M. I. T. At stroke will be Paul C. Pennoyer, G feet, G inches, 189 pounder from New York...
...Seven were discovered to have criminal records. Also, FBI started investigating the character of candidates for marshal jobs. Going further, Frank Murphy last week asked Congress to put all deputies into the Civil Service and require them to take physical examinations. The last was inspired by a certain 400-pounder in Illinois who, too fat to get out of his car to serve warrants, employed as his helper a village character called Silly Willy...
...first week the largest fish registered was an Allison tuna weighing 138½ Ibs., the biggest sailfish a not spectacular 71½ pounder. But fishermen were hopeful. A world-record white marlin (161 Ibs.) was caught off Miami last spring...
Minus the services of Captain Joe Sweeney, 145 pounder who is scholastically ineligible, Coach Sam Ruggeri optimistically in expects his Jumbos to score points in the 121 and 128 pound classes. In these two matches Captain Harvey Ross of Harvard is pitted against crosby Baker of Tufts, while 128 pound man for the Crimson, Ted Schoenberg meets George Edwards...