The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-28
GREATEST ATHLETE
 IN HARVARD CAN'T GET COVETED ''H"

A man who is probably Harvard's greatest athlete has yet failed to make his "H," although he has been at the university three years. At present he is the Harvard strong man. '.> heavy weight boxing champion, barytone soloist and the greatest optinist-ac- cording to his fellows-in Cambridge.
 The man is Oron G. Kirkpatrick, who made the football, baseball, track and basketball teams at Exeter, and rowed on the crew. He left Exeter with the reputation of being the best athlete ever turned out by that school "a man sure to set up an unprece- dented record in intercollegiate com petition.
 Encouraged by the predictions, and determined to live up to them, Kirk patrick entered Harvard in the fall Of 1913, at the same time Mike Dorizas, the great strong man of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, was entering a Penn graduate school. Kirkpatrick intended to come out for the fresh man football team-freshmen are barred from varsity competition at Harvard-then indulge in basketball and baseball, or crew.
 Somehow or other Kirkpatrick had sustained Nan injury to his back befere he entered the university. When he was going about his ordinary pursuits the hurt gave him trouble, but as soon as he began to indulge in the strenuous life his troubles commenced. Even then, however, Kirkpatrick thought the injury was of a passing character.
 Specialist after specialist was com suited. X-ray examipations were made. Doctors disagreed. For two months Kirkpatrick's torso was encased in plaster of paris. and for several addi- tional months he wore skin-tight ioo Iraf arT1f 19err raeol olf off the chrysalis and tested the in jured back he found himself unable to endure strenuous work in the old time way.
 One year passed. and'two and three. Now Kirkpatrick looks forward tp n ext year, hoping against hope that he may finish his college days in blaze of glory.
 In the meantime, however, Kirk patrick has demonstrated not only his ability to be optimistic. but to achieve athletic feats which, although not in greatness, and although not in ac- cordance with his own desires, lead to his being called one of the greatest athletes Harvard has ever had
 In his freshman year Kirkpatrick set the Harvard strength record chiefly because of his remarkable chest arm and neck development. Since then he has surpassed his first record several times. Ten days ago he scored more than 1,5OO points in an endeavor to surpass all intercoIle- giate marks-but the failure to Ob- serve two or three technicalities re- suited in 100 points being subtracted from his total.
 In addition to his strong man" feats Kirkpatrick has been a keen student of boxing and the leader of the newly formed Harvard boxing team. In the recent university cham pionship bouts he easily won the heavyweight title, and drew from sew eraI Boston boxing experts the declar- alton that he was far better than the white hopes that infested the cOun- try.
 Kirkpatrick is not only an athlete. He sings songs, principally grand opera and John Mccormack selections. He is the leading soloist of the liar yard Glee club, has had many musical offers and has successfully fulfilled a two weeks engagement with the Boston Opera Go.
 Now the musical comedy managers are seeking him. Kirkpatrick is graceful, with the features of a Greek god, is six feet in height, weighs 1S5, and altogether should make an adora- ble matinee idol But Oran's aspira- tions lie in the fulhlment of the atn- letic career predicted for him. There is a possibility that despite the long delay he will come into his own next year.