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...general store, a blacksmith shop and a freighting business. Young Carl swam in the Salt River, rode a pet bull while driving cows, recalls seeing Apache fire signals burning at night on nearby Four Peaks. He went to Stanford in 1896 and, as a strapping 6-ft. 220-pounder, played center on the football team. In his senior year his father died, and Hayden left college without graduating to take over the family business...
...Yancy was as mild a fellow as anyone would want to meet-until, upon arising to speak, he became the "Prince of Fire-Eaters" who had made it his life's work to lead the South from the Union. Georgia's Alexander Stephens was a sickly 100-pounder, known as "The Little Pale Star," who saw the future with terrible clarity: "Mark me, when I repeat that in less than twelve months we shall be in the midst of a bloody war." Mississippi's Jefferson Davis, blind in one eye and haggard with headaches, was a moderate...
...leading his team into Lehigh territory when he tried to pitch out to Boone on a belly play swinging to the right. Bohovich was trailing the play from defensive right tackle when the ball was batted to him by one of his teammates. And Bohovich was off! The 270-pounder lumbered 65 big yards to paydirt. King faked a kick and threw to end John Chambers for two points to put Lehigh in the lead...
Barring injuries, the Harvard lineup Saturday will see sophomore Bill Grana, 5' 11" 192 pounder from St. Louis, starting at fullback. Chuck Reed, switched from fullback to halfback recently, will probably start at right half with Tom Boone at left. Hank Hatch, who sat our last week with a strep throat, will be running second team behind Reed this week...
...temperamental tennis-court out-hursts have earned moody, meteoric Dennis Ralston. 19. the U.S.'s third-ranked amateur player, the nickname "Dennis the Menace." A racket kicker and net pounder whose uninhibited language has occasionally curled the hair of spectators and court officials. Ralston was sentenced to one year's probation last winter by the august U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for his displays of temperament in the U.S. and Australia. Despite his adolescent antics. Ralston's graceful style and big serve made him one of the top favorites to beat out Australia's Rod Laver...