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NANCY LEE WINS OAKS
 EVENT IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville, May 14.-P. A. Clarks lilly, Nancy Lee, won the fixture, the Ken lucky Oaks for S-year-old fillieS at mile and an eighth, at Churchill Downs, to- day in 1:50 2-5, ana incidentally clipped four-tifths of second from the track record of 1:5l 1-5, established May 27, 1916
 The Oaks is the oldest stake fixture for 3-year-old Allies to be run continu- ously on the North American continent. It had an added money value this year of $l0000 and attracted 6S eligibles of which six started including Harry Payne Whitney's speedy Prudery, the beaten public favorite in the $50,000 Kentucky derby, last Saturday.
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SeWanee Military Academy
 Wins Tennessee Prep fitle

Knoxville, May 14.-Sewanee Mili- tary academy won the sixth annual the University of Tennessee today with a high point score of Al E; Castle Heights, Lebanon, Tenn, was second, and Knoxville High school third. The interscholastic high jump record of feet inches was bettered one inch by Mason of sewanee. Minor, Castle Heights, lowered the interscholastic record for the 100-yard dash when he hung up new record of 10 seconds on slow track
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age of 400. Shirling Is next with 1889, Fulghum and Lassetter have 1925 each and Barnes 300, while Scott and Creel each reached .270. In addition to winning all the games pitched, Charlie Ollinger batted .250 and George Johnston, with almost as good pitching rec ord, batted .225. Utility Outfielder Whipple has an average of 400.
 Of the IS home runs made Full ghum got four and Barnes g. Dur ing the season total of 125 runs were made by the Tigers to 40 of their opponents. Three shut outs and four one-hit games are sufficient to indicate the effective ness of the pitchers and the general all-around teamwork.
 Left Fielder Creel and Lassetter. on first base, went through the sea- son without receiving an error to their credit and are, therefore, tied for first honors in fielding, each with average of 1000.
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It now seems probable that the 1921 Auburn baseball Tigers, who have just closed the season, win ming the southern college champion- ship for the third time in four years, will go down in history as one of the greatest college teams ever gotten together from the stand point of batting, fielding, team work winning of games and pen- nants. Not even in 1917, when the Tigers won 21 out of 25 games. was the brand of baseball played by the Tigers better than that ex- hibited on many southern baseball diamonds by the present Tiger Ag- gregation, three of whom have all ready signed big league contracts and others have been carefully scru- tinized by Naseball scouts from all parts of the country.
 According to the averages just released, the entire team batted for a grand average of .295. Richard son leads with an individual aver
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nllRHb Stl all DlOOuy etilu CNCl OiiAAe,' IIarreii, another Jones Valley product. was driving,
 SUMMARY
 A summary of the race events follows; First event, distance miles, for SSoO purse: Fosnaugh in Premoear, first Time, 5;S0 l-5. Robinson in Peugeot, second; Rountree in c. R. G., third; Buchanan, driving 8 Chalmers, failed to finish.
 Second event, Division A, light car class distance miles from rolling start Rountre in an Essex, first; time, 6:2l 4-o; Searls in Cyclone, second, and Snowden in Essex, third.
 Third event, fve-rnile handicap: Roun- tree in Essex first; time, 6:33 3-5. Gray in Rajo, second, and Fosnaugh in Severin, third.
 Fourth event, try for track record: Robinson in Peugeot, first time, :54 4-5, Fosnaugh in Premocar, 59 seconds; Roun- tre in Essex, 104
 Fifth event scratched.
 Sixth event 10-mile sweepstakes: Eos naugh in Premocar, first; time, 12;42. Robinson in Peugeot second; Rountree in Essex third.
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Cleveland. May l4.-Babe Ruth's eleventh home run of the gave New York a 6-to-4 victory Cleveland today. The Indians were leading to when the eighth inning began. Roth was hit by a pitched ball. Peckinpaugh hit a grounder through the box that struck the second base bag and bounded into the air. Ruth then hit the second pitched ball into the center field bleachers. the first time the feat ever was accomplished Pipp followed by hitting over the right field wall for a home run
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HUNTSVILLE TO HAVE A
 SEMl-PRO BASEBALL TEAM

Huntsville, May 14.-(Special.)-At meeting of baseball fans last night it was decided to organize a semi-profes- sional baseball team to play about two games a week during the summer with teams from neighboring towns and cities. Interest in the sport is being revived here very fast, and it is believed that Huntsville will without doubt be seeking a berth in minor league next season
 The Night Hawk club team will form the nucleus of the semi-pro team and man ager will be employed to take charge. !
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Standard Method
 of Timing Needed,
 Says Walter Camp
By WALTER CAMP Special Correspondent to The Age-Herald (Couyright, 1921, by The Age-Herald)


 New York. May A.-(special)-Con troversy over the records made by Charles Paddock, the great University of Southern California sprinter, has made it seem inevitable that some standard mechanically accurate system
 of timing must replace the present method, which is regarded in many quarters as not scientific. Indeed, movement Is on foot at the present time which may result in radical change in the process Of recording times made by track athletes.
 The very fact of the statement being made so broadly by timers and atm letic coaches that Paddock's s records could not be correct shows how little confidence those who are really in the game place in the "clocking" of others. The fact that our picked men all standing at the finish line, and taking the time in the ordinary way, have to watch the flash, start their watches, see the man breast the tape and ther stop the watch, shows how much the personal equation may figure in the result. When, also, 1t is known that very seldom do the four watches agree and the time is therefore generally matter of compromise or accepting the slower watches, one gets an idea Of how little scientific accuracy there can
 be in the recording of times. Even the most expert timers differ as to their methods One man says that is simply l impossible to get accurate timing if the timer picks up the man with his eye some little distance from the tape and then follows him over
 OTHER ARGUMENTS
 Another contends that this is the only way to get 1t accurately. We all
 know that when the timer sees the
 man cross the finish line, his eye in- forms his brain of this and his brain registers an order to stop the watch. Plenty of tests in psychological labo- ratories show the great variation be- tween men in registering an impress
 sion has been registered. In other words, in some men the telegraphic machinery, so called, from brain to
 muscle acts quickly and others slowly. Now at present all our timing de-
 bends thus upon the factor which varies greatly in different men, and hence must be more or less hit-or- miss affair. The slightest hesitancy in starting the watch on the flash of the pistol or the pushing of the lever that stops the watch while the man is not quite on the tape make the difference of a new recored. No one of the pres ent timers who has had experience for the last ten years would care to tell, even if he knew absolutely, how great the variations have been in the times registered by the watches. And coming to the mechanical part itself-the watch-of course the only way really to get the correst results, even if the element of human fallibility did no. come in, would be to test all the watches just previous to the timing.
 With so much at stake as nowadays in the athletic events, with such in- terest in timing as to make it matter of moment to athletes all ove-' the world. it does seem as if some scientifically accurate method should he adopted and continued so that all times in the future may be really truth telling.
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Appointed License Inspector

Montgomery, May )-- W. T. Speigner of Weumpka was ap- pointed license inspector of Elmore county by the state tax commission to- day. Elmore was recently detached from another license inspector dis trict and made a district to itself. and MT. Speigner is the first inspector.
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Dr. Shackelford Speaks

Troy, May H-(SpeciaI)-Dr. E. M Shackelford of the State Norma lschoo made the commencement address to th' school at Clayton Friday. Other Trojan' attending the exercises were pr. c. M Farmer, director of the extension depart ment of the State Norma lschool, ant Mrs. J. NJ. Sanders, county superintend ent of education.
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EIGHTH INNING WINS FOR TVS TIGERS

Detroit. May 14.-Detroit staged an
 eghth-inning rally today and defeated Washington, to ?. With the bases filled,
 Zachary walked Flagstead, forcing Hale in with the tying run. Blue then singled through Shanks. Sharp fielding protected
 Zachary and Oldham on several occasions.
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BROWNS WIN WITH
 GEORGE SlSLER OUT

St. Louis. May 14.--St. Louis punched two hits and two sacrifices off Russell in the eighth flor two runs and defeated Boston, to $, in the opening game of the series today. The Browns played with rear ranged lineup owing to the absence of Sis Ter who was out of the game because of sore foot. Score:
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'Batted for Zachary in ninth.

Summary: Two base hits Shanks Gharri-
 ty, Fiagstead. Bush; stolyen base Harrs
 sacrifice hits. Young 2, Cobb; left on bases Washington [. Detroit z; bases on balls, off
 Zachary 8, Oldham l.; hits, off Oldham, in
 innings off Holling in 1 inning; hit by pitcher, by Rolling (O'Rourke): struck out by Oldham l, Zachary l. winning pitcher
 Holling losing pitcher, Zachafy; umpires Connolly and Moriarity; time, 204
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100 400 1o0-6| A00 mo an4c

emlthS sacrifices AIe.osky, Lee shocker' |lsuoBo play. JAeobson. unassistsd. left oa
 hs~-~ Deseen .. St. Louis .; bases on ba!4s. I,f 'fp,'nshl0 I, Huaeel l, Palermo 2: hits
 sei 5 |. Ia inn,,<.. off Hqisn6 . in . s-s
 lnningA off Palern.D In , 1-3 innings, off Shocker in 2-3 innings; httby pdtcher. by Russell (Jacobson); struck out by Ruaeeu 1. Roland 1. Ualermo l. shocker l; winntng pitcher. Shocker; losing pitcher, Russell; um- Ax.>~L .H1ldabrand and EvAna- s.
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GIANTS SHUT OUT
 CINCY REDS. 5 TO O

New York May IA strong first inning attack enabled the New York Nationals to win from Cincinnati here today by to 0. Three were scored by the Giants be- fore out on singles by Burns
 Bancroft and Young and Frisch's triple.
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IotalS ......-... 30
 'Batted for Bagby in ninth.
Score by innings:

score by Innings:
 New York ,,.,,,.,.,.,. 100 100 04o-6 Cleveland .......,......... 200 001 100--4
 Summary: Two-base hits Pipp, Schang, Smith, Stephenson; home run. Ruth, Pipp; sacrifice hits, Meusel. Gardner. Speaker; left on bases, New York q Cleveland s; bases on balls off Quinn 9 Bagby 2; hit by pitcher, by Bagby (Roth) struck out, by Quinn ?, Bagby ?; umpires, Dineen. Nalin and Wilson, time, 2:00.
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FAbER WINS THIRD
 STRAIGHT VICTORY FOR SCX

l Chicago. May 14.--Urban Faber won his
 third consecutive victory for Chicago today
 by holding Philadelphia to six hits. while his teammates punched hits off Moore, giv- ing the locals s-to-l victory score
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Todax,s Ganes

St. Louis at Bro0klyn Cincinnati at New York. Brooklyn, May 14-st Louis today beat
 Brooklyn, 4 to 3, in the first game of their four-game series. The champions were | again outbatted two to one. but made their five hits count. Score:
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PIRATES BEAT PHILLIPS IN TEN INNINGS

Philadelphia. May 1.-Two singles sac rifice fly and a double enabled the Pitts burg Nationals to defeat Philadelphia in the tenth inning today, 6 to 1. The local team garnered all it's in the fourth in ming on six hits off the veteran Cooper but he steadied after that and pitched master 1v
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Cincinnati " 900 900 000--0 New York ................ 3O0 ol0 olN-o
 Summary. Two base hits. Rapp, Paskert, Crane; three base hits, Frisch 2; sacrifice hits Benton, Young; double plays. Frisch to Bancroft to Kelly Pasjert to Fonseca; Crane to Fonseca to Daubert: Bohne to Daubert; Rapp to Frisch to Kelly; left on bases. New | York 3. Cincinnati S. base on balls, off Luaue 2, Benton 9; struck out by Luque l.; um- pires Brennan and Emslie; time, 1:4o
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sBatted for Neale in tenth.
 +*Ran for Peters in tenth.
 rS+Batted for Parkinson in tenth.
 Score by innings:
 Pittsburg ................ 900 201 100 2--6 Philadelphia ............. 000 400 900 0--4
 Summary: Two base hits, Bigbee. Whit ted Meusel, Rawlings three base hits. Meu- se; stoden bases Carey. Maranville, Schmidt; sacrifice hits. Whitted. Carey. Cut shaw; double play, Whited to Grimes. Park inson to Rawlings to J. Miller: Parkinson to Rawlings left on, bases, Pittsburg 6, Phila- delphia [: base balls. off Cooper 2. off Smith 1; hitby pitcher, by Cooper (Peters); struck out. by Cooper 4, by Smith 4 um- pires, Quigley and o Day; time, 1855.
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CARDS BEAT ROBINS BY PUNCHING HITS
 OFF } HURLERS
New York Giants Win Shut Out Victory Over the
 Reds
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdax,s Results

Yesterdays KesuIts Pittsburg 6, Philadelphia GO innngs). New York D. Cincinnati 0. St. Louis f, Brooklyn 8. Chicago Boston (rain).
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Score by innings;

Score by Innings:
 St. Louis s.......t....... 900 100 210--4 Brooklyn ................... 900 010 020--3
 Summary: Two-base hit, Stock; three base hits Dilhoefer Johnston; sacrifices, Stock. Lavan, Myers; double plays Lavan and Hornsby, Kilduf and Konetchy; left on bases, St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 5; bases on balls, off Reuther l. off Cadore l. off Per tica 8; hits. off Reuther in innings (none out in eighth; off Galore in 1 inning off Mitchell in inning; struck out, by Reu ther 4 Pertica 8; losing pitcher Reuther; umpires, Mccormick and Dart time. 1;47.
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NOBODY HURT >M AUTO RACES, BUT o. D. B. HAS A GOOD TIME ANYWA Y
Premocar Mops Up in Speed Events Staged the Fair grounds-John Halls Act Thrills Large Number
 of Motor Fans Great Meet
By OLD DOLLAR BILL

fuller features fuller fambly typewriter after
 thing Saturday night ffn him before days settle into the of the settle all the
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out, by Faber 2 Moore ?; umpires, chiii and owens; time, -.4l.
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BABES BAT AGAIN
 WINS. FOR TANKS Z OVER CLEVELAND
Eleveth Homer Made By Ruth. Tigers Defeat Nationals,
 Three to Two
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results New York 6, Cleveland 1. St. Louis 8. Boston 6. Detroit 3. Washington 2. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1,
 Today's Games Boston at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. Washington at Detroit. New York at Cleveland.
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Cincinnati

Totals ...........21 FZb l3
 sCrane out. hit by his own batted ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-08
WASHINGTONIAN STAR
OF ACADEMY'S SQUAD

ANNAPOLIS. Md, February S.-The
Naval Academy has remarkable ag-
gregation of swimmers this year, led
by Angus Sinclair, a fourth class
man from Washington, D. c., where
he graduated from Western High
School, who has twice lowered the
intercollegiate figure for the 220-yard.
In his first performance, against the
University of Pennsylvania, he cut
two seconds from the previous mark
of minutes and 20 seconds, and
against Pittsburgh Saturday ne low
cred it again, this time by l LIS SIC
onds. He is known to be capable of
even better performances.
Sinclair's records were made down
the length of the pool, and the dis
lance was measured with utmost care
ures by the Intercollegiate Swimming
Association. Other performances can
amount to local records only as they
are made across the tank, which lacks
four inches of twenty yards.
Another Washington boy who is
distinguishing himself as swimmer
at the academy is Guy Winkjer. for
mer Tech High student. Winkjer is
anchor. man on the middies' crack
relay team. undefeated this year.
Two other stars are Emory, captain
of the team, and Kanakanui a full
blooded Hawaiian Both of these have
beaten intercollegiate record jme Of
10 seconds for the forty yards, and
Emory has come within a fifth of a
second Of the high time for the 100
made by vol1mer, Columbia. Mcintosh
in the back and breast strokes, re-
SpectiVely
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CENTRAL WOULD GET
EVEN WITH EASTERN

Central basketers expect to turn the
tables on Eastern this afternoon when
the quints meet in the Coliseum for
,, the second time in the high school
basket ball championship series. Last
month the Capitol Hill boys drubbed
the Blue and White, but Central has
braced, and within the past ten days
has scored three brilliant successes.
Eastern proba bly, will not be as strong
as it was early in the campaign. for
Faber has been bothered by boils, and
the reserve strength has been weak
ened since Cudmore has been made a
regular in place of Prender, who is
reported to have left school. The
game will begin at 3:15.
Two other games are listed for the
scholastics today. Tech will go 70
engage the speedy Georgetown Prep
qufnt, while Western and the George
Washington freshmen will clash in
the Coliseum at o'clock. The West
erners met the Catholic University
freshmen in Brookland last night
and lost, "a to 80.
The Y. NJ. C. 4. Day School surprised
the Episcopal High School Reserves
yesterday, in a 20-to-6 game. Engle
Davis and Waterman played well for
the winners.
Techs reserves vanquished st.
Johns, 80 to 10 yesterday, and will
meet Company F, Maryland National
Guard.
Stewards Business College, anxious
to fill it's schedule, is ready to make
engagements with District scholastic
organizations. Arrangements for
games may be made with Manager
John Goetz,. 1902 F street.
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YANKEES CAN"T~t.AVE
ANY LOCAL PITCHERS

| New York base ball writer's are hy
/ no means discouraged over the f'iv
vering of the deal" they arranged
Whereby two of thu most valuable
athletes on the Washington roster
were to be transferred to tho Yankees
in exchange for motley array of
spawned veterans. Thoy ar, hcdg
| Rodie. Pipp Baker and Quinn would
serve to lure Rec and Judge to Goth
am. but are proceeding along other
i lines and fixing up n swap whereby
the Yanks will acquire a lcft-handed
pitcher to help out Harry Harrer
Higgins is said to be prepared to
give up a highly touted inheldcr to
obtain the man he has in mind. the
athlete in question being Johnny
Mitchell, from Vernon of the Pacific
, Coast League. Huegins may have
such a deal on the fire, but it is not
with the Washington club, according
to Clark Griffith.
Il don't need any of their highly
touted infielders," Griff said today.
The New York owners have said moth
ling to me about any of my pitchers.
and it would do them no good If they
did. l have written to Manager Hug
gins outlining what I am willing to
do to obtain Baker. but have heard
nothing from him as yet.
Activities at local base ball head
quarters today were confined largely
to packing uniforms and equipment
| for use by the players at Tampa this
spring. Trainer Martin and Coach Alt
| rock will take several trunks full Of
pa raphernalia with them when thew
start south week from next Satur-
day.
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Britton Has Fought 432
Ring Battles in IL Years

When jack Rritton and Ted
Lewis faced e: ch other in the
ring LslsI night they were EN-
sGginE in tI.eir twemt eth hat
tie. nv far as available records
testify. No otter two boxers in
the ring have ci.,shed in as
many bouts. This N .tseIf
made n unique record. Brit
ton Is the O:des. CHI, m2:On and
has n record longer than that
I. ,x,s.Ssed by any other b. xcr
active today. He started b0A-
ing eiSh cen years ago and in
t.at time k:iS competed In AZ
bat:l's to his own Pc s0nll
Knowledge, an average of
twenty-fOar I.,uts a year.
Triton k.,S passed his thirty
-. nth Eir.adHy, yet he has
been defending his laurcIs
against l:..is who, when Brit
ton first started his career,
we-" being rocked In their
cradles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-08

While preparations for greater
things are in progress in New
Haven, there is a feeling up in Cam
bridge that things are Slipping" and
accordingly. twenty of the former
n men at Harvard are making
strong bids for cooperation and fell
ioWShlp between themselves and the
undergraduates who make up the
teams. George b. Morris, the old
runner, and one of the finest sports
men in the country, is president Of
the Harvard Varsity Club and is ar
ranging informally training table
luncheons and dinners during the
winter. On these occasions old-time
athletes are brought into contact
with the younger men now wearing
Harvard colors. 1t is big step in the
right direction.
Pennsylvania Activities.
The University of Pennsylvania
certainly is branching out in all
sports. There now is some possibility
that her basket ball team will go to
Cuba to play two games each with
the Cuban Athletic and the Havana
Athletic clubs. Meantime her boxers
are going to Atlanta and Birming-
ham. Her wrestIers will be seen at
Annapolis, February II, as well as at
the Intercollegiate at Princeton on
March Is and 10, and among these
wrestlers is Bill Ward. the big tackle
of the foot ball team. More than this,
Earl Eby is going to do something Cor
Penn on the indoor track, if what he
showed last year is any criterion. and
Lever, another sprinter, is a conner.
All this leads up to that big track
event at Penn the end of April-the
Penn relays.
Athletic Cripples.
We often read of the remarkable
success achieved by cripples, or 9TH
er persons at great physical disad-
seldom do We near of them attaining
fame in the athletic world.
CornelPs wrestling team boasts. and
properly, too, of Snedeker, who, with
the handicap o. wooden leg from his
thigh down, IS dangerous to any man
of his weight. Bishop of Pennsylvania
threw him recently, but Snedeker put
up game fight.
Kelly. one of the best Princeton
backfield men in the history of foot
fall at that institution, was lame in
one foot. And there is a record Of
a British professional golfer who lost
his leg in the war. and who. even be-
fore he had an artificial leg, played
his home course. He used crutches
to get from shot to shot. balanced
himself on his one leg when making
his strokes and he did the course
In ".
Middle Western Troubles.
There is trouble out at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. In the last month
several athletes have been lost and
the student body feels the men have
been Disseminated against in the
classroom. Meantime. while Mime
sofa has her eligibility worries, Ohio
State and Wisconsin still are at odds
and Michigan feels that Chicago
turned it down for Princeton in foot
ball. So. all in all, there is very little
brotherly love in the conference.
Dick LandOn's Style.
Every one. of course, is interested
in Dick Landon, the winner of the
Olympic high jump, and his progress
this winter. He is of much Trailer
physique than either Alma Richards or
Wesley Oler, but this may be to his
advantage, as he carries less weight
to hoist over the bar. His style is
the most satisfactory of any jumper
the writer has seen in long time.
Copyright, 1921