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Browning's knack was discovered by accident. He was practicing flips and somersaults under the admiring eye of Illinois Gymnastics Coach Charley Pond recently when both coach and pupil were struck with the same idea: Browning was clearing prodigious heights. They set up a standard high-jump crossbar, and Browning cleared 6 ft. 6 in., a good height for any high jumper. A bit later, he tumbled himself over the 7-ft. mark. His technique: a running, springing aerial twist into a backward handspring, which supplies momentum for a final backward double somersault up & over the bar. Some sportswriters...
...entrants in the tourney, which is open to any member of the University, will be seeking the coveted Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster Trophy. Charley Ufford, twice national intercollegiate squash champion, won the trophy in the past two years, last year beating Hugh Nawn of the Law School in the finals...
...Boston Red Sox (1919), he converted Southpaw Pitcher Babe Ruth into an outfielder to give him more turns at bat, and (with Ruth) moved to New York. By deals, trades and good scouting, Ed Barrow provided the Yankees with a constant flow of fresh talent (e.g., Waite Hoyt, Charley Keller, Joe DiMaggio), built teams that won 14 pennants, ten world championships during his 25-year reign...
Ulen himself is quite, unassuming, and very well-liked by his team. He considers himself fortunate to be connected with Harvard and considers himself a teacher rather and a coach. with this, Captain Charley Egan agrees: "There is no question about Hal being a great coach, but more important is the fact that he is a great teacher and a friend to every boy who has over had the good fortune to know...
...days before Mulvey, the Crimson coach developed such National and intercollegiate champions at the college as Charley Hutter and Forbes Norris. Jr., both members of the American Olympic swimming teams...