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...profusion of backs is filling Coach Stahley's hair, but one of the best is Freddie deRham, for years the mainstay of St. Mark's eleven. Bob Gannett of Milton is a cagey signal-caller and a fine punter. Clarence Boston of Moses Brown is a strong prospect, and Johnny Carchia of Cambridge Latin, though small, is, they say, something of a ball of fire...
...James Somerville McLester of Birmingham, ingoing A. M. A. president and crack dietary expert, drew respectful attention when he declared: "The American people are acutely food conscious and will eat anything they are told is healthful. The cheaper cereals can be used as the mainstay of the diet, provided properly selected supplementary foods, such as liver and lettuce, are added in suitable amounts. Because of its high supplementary value in a diet of cereals as well as of other foods, a place must be provided in the household budget for definite quantities of milk and milk products. Even with today...
...Traveling at full speed, he averages 35.71 ft. per sec. His current performances are impaired by slow acceleration which he hopes to correct within the next two years. Coach Snyder also expects him to jump 27 ft. "when he gets his take-off right." Sure to be a mainstay of next year's Olympic team, Owens is 21, 5 ft. 10 in., 165 lb. He plans to teach Industrial Art after he graduates...
...chances because of its great improvement during the past week. Charlie Bellows surprised the Boston sport writers last weekend by leading the qualifying in the Country Club Cup Tournament. Bob Hunter has been scoring well in the interclub matches, and Lyn Lardner, former Wisconsin State Champion and Hodder's mainstay, has been playing in top-notch form...
...outside the Times office that Louis Wiley shone. He was everywhere. At civic and social functions he was the Times. He represented the institution ably, and he loved it. He was a mainstay of the New York Advertising Club, never seemed to weary of speaking at luncheon clubs and banquets. Did the students of Hobart College, or the Advertisers' Club of Davenport, Iowa, or the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers, or the inmates of Welfare Island prison want Mr. Wiley to talk to them? Mr. Wiley would talk. Publicity loving, he had copies of his speeches sent...