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...last bridge between the old school champions and the new. He is a little man. In his time heavyweight champions were not the giant race that rules the ring today. Jim Corbett weighed 184; Bob Fitzsimmons, 172; Tom Sharkey, 180; Peter Maher, 178. Jeffries was the only two hundred pounder among the champions of 30 years ago. Of the present group in prominence among the heavyweights, Dempsey stands 6 feet 1 inch and weighs 190. Harry Wills, Negro champion, rises to 6 feet 3 and weighs 215. Luis Firpo measures 6 feet 2 and weighs 225. Floyd Johnson, matched...
...weight he is able to get across the line of scrimmage like a shot and is said to have yielded only four yards to any rusher coming around his end of the line during the 1920 season. On the other end of the line France, a 185-pounder, has proved himself an able understudy of Hanny. He is not such an experienced player, but it a bit faster...
Directly in the near of the 155 millimeter is an American "75," copied from the British 18-pounder, and improved by the addition of a split trail, rendering high angle fire possible. It is intended for ordinary use in the divisional artillery and for emergency use against aircraft...
...England amateur champion in the 145 lb. class, on a decision, after nine minutes of spectacular wrestling. Captain B. B. Corson, Occ., won the championship in the 125-lb. class, by defeating Crandall of Brown on a decision, in the finals, while C. P. Smith '21, University 135-pounder likewise succeeded in clinching the championship in his class by downing McGrady, of M. I. T., by a decision. The match was not decided until the last bout of the evening, when A. M. Kinney '20, lost to Mooney, the Springfield heavyweight, on a fall...
...Providence men come up to Cambridge without their captain, Shefelman, the 145-pounder who was injured in a meet last week. They are also handicapped by not having Nichols, the Brown football captain, in the heavyweight class. Since the Bruins lost every bout in their match with Yale recently, there is every reason to expect an easy victory today...