Word: yardley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...children had Ingersoll for middle name) Bowditch (1808-92), Harvard medical professor, discoverer of the "all-or-nothing" reaction of the heart muscle,* inventor of a way to drain chests in pleurisy. The only Bowditch now living sufficiently famed for Who's Who recognition is Vincent Yardley Bowditch, 76, Boston tuberculosis specialist. He is a nephew of the leg-giving Bowditch. In the family tradition he has written a biography of his father...
...lead to W. L. Smith, who running against W. C. Bennett '23 increased it to 20 yards. H. W. Howe '22 lost 30 yards more to W. B. Gurney, and J. W. Quinn '23, running anchor for the University, was able to make up only ten of this against Yardley Chittick, the Tech opptain, who crossed the line in last time, 3 minutes, 35 2-5 seconds...
...Howard '23 have also shown up well, and may be chosen in place of one of these four. The M. I. T. one-mile relay team, which will race the University team at the B. A. A. games, has already been selected, and is made up of Yardley Chittick, William Gurney, Oliver Bardes and Garvin Bawden. Both Bardes and Bawden were on the team which was defeated by the University last year. Gurney is a comparatively new man. Chittick was the "440" man in the medley relay team which secured fourth place at the Penn Relay Carnival last spring...
...very bright. Trials have been held during the past week, and several excellent times have been handed in. Garvin Bawden, former Exeter star, is one of the fastest men on the squad. He was recently timed at 53 2-5 seconds for 450 yards on the board track. Yardley Chittick, who ran the quarter-mile last spring, and Oliver Bardes, who ran on the team which defeated the University at the B. A. A. games last year, are also slated for berths on this year's team. Harry Jonod member of last year's team, and Poole, whom he beat...