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...metre high hurdles, pulled a muscle in his heat of the 100-metre dash, which forced him to withdraw from that event and merely tie for third place in the high jump. Jack Torrance, gigantic (311-lb.) alumnus of Huey Long's university (L. S. U.), shot-putter by day and Baton Rouge policeman by night, posed for the Press and languidly tossed a 12-lb. shot 62 ft. ½ in. to break the world's record of 60 ft. 5½ in. His famed former teammate, Quarter-Miler Glenn Hardin, won the 400-metre hurdles, then...
...jowled Walter Hagen, who used to be the best putter in the world, pleased his gallery by catching a rabbit hemmed in by the crowd...
...side of the fence and his wump on the other." In personal life Harold Dodds might be any one of 10,000 college professors, except that he has no children. For fun and exercise he plays golf; a 90 delights him. . He used to like to putter in his garden but such an avocation is not for the resident of big, brown "Prospect." When there is no time for golf he strolls around the campus with his pipe and one of his wife's dogs. Tiny, popular Mrs. Dodds, daughter of a Nova Scotian wholesaler, likes to dance...
...three men placed in the I.C.4A Championships and have given consistently good performances throughout the outdoor season. John H. Dean '34, discus thrower and shot putter, was eligible for selection by the N.C.A.A. but could not make the trip to the Championships, which will be held this year at Los Angeles on June...
...belongs to Chi Phi fraternity, his golf game was steadily in the 70. A good all-round athlete. Little likes golf well enough to train for it, ran three miles before breakfast every day for the Walker Cup matches. When Little was chosen for the Walker Cup team. Shot-putter John Lyman (see below) unsuccessfully proposed that Stanford award him a major sport "S." He will get one for winning the British Amateur...