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...mile and captain of the 1923 outfit last spring; Huhn, a promising hurdler; and Croft, star sprinter for the Freshmen last year. W. S. Powers, former Exeter star, and the best pole vaulter on the 1923 team, is ineligible also on account of scholastic standing; while Baker, the hammer-thrower and football player, is unable to compete because of the two-sport rule...
...prospects are not so bright. W. F. Goodell '21 is the best high jumper, and he is improving rapidly. J. M. Telbert '22 and J. F. Brown '22 are the best shot-putters, although neither of them have passed the forty-feet mark. Brown is also a good hammer thrower, and with G. G. Mouks '21 will represent the University in the event...
...check this indiscriminate use of the forward pass that the various changes have been suggested. Chief of these is that when a forward is in-completed behind the line of scrimmage, either because it is blocked, or because the ball is knocked out of the thrower's hand, the play shall be the same as a fumble, and the ball become free. Such a change would not help the game, because it will make the offense cautious about using the forward pass, and this would take away any slight advantage which the offense has over the defense. This would...
...fortunate that there are officials in this country who can tell a harmless radical from a bomb-thrower, who refuse to be swept into panic by the sight of a soap-box or a red banner. It is fortunate, too, that some of our courts have not forgotten that an alien, like anyone else, has his rights before the law--that he is to be judged innocent until he is proved guilty...
...picked athletes who are already in training in France will here join forces with those from the United States to form the complete American team. After the final selection, following the competitive tests, the entire aggregation will be under the direction of Lieut. Richard L. Byrd, champion discuss thrower, who has been appointed captain of the A. E. F. track and field squad for the interallied contests...