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...last week his seventh personal motorcycle. These brittle, popping steeds are perhaps his most dangerous vice. More than once Belgian policemen have arrested a speeding motorcyclist (TIME, Aug. 16) only to let him go, abashed, when they found he was their King. For His Majesty a 200-mile motorcycle sprint is only a fair day's run-and 200 miles approximately suffice to cross Belgium from one side to the other in any direction. Beloved, fearless, King Albert of the Belgians usually motorcycles completely unattended. His newest mount is a recently developed British machine of ultra high power...
...handicap sprint event, at 40 yards, Francis Hussey of Boston College running from scratch, won his major victory of the year. The former Stuyvesant High School and Olympic sensation had little difficulty to bursting past his rivals. Lundell, veteran Crimson sprinter, came in third immediately behind Morrill of Boston University...
Miller, giant sprinter, showed great early season form in defeating Hussey of Boston College in a burning 40 yards sprint. Off like a flash at the shot of the pistol, the Crimson flier ripped off a dazzling 40 yards, breaking the tape after a front race from the start...
...equal importance will be the clash between A. H. Miller '27, the University's great speedster, Frank Hussey of Boston College, and George Daley of Holy Cross, in the 40 yard sprint. Hussey was the National A. A. U. champion two years ago, and last year ran a neck and neck race with Miller in the 70 yard dash. Daley is considered one of the fastest men to get off the mark...
...Peet '28. Captain E. C. Haggerty '27 and J. C. Real '28, next year's Cross Country leader, have been showing up well in the distance events. Miller, H. W. Burns '28, Lundell, and T. E. Dunn '29, will undoubtedly represent the University in the sprint events tomorrow...