So the Story Goes . . .

Frank Owen, captain of the Freshman baseball team, is a Grade A ball player, but as a track coach he would be a dead failure. In the game with Andover last Saturday the captain of the schoolboys asked for a courtesy runner. Frank surveyed the occupants of the Andover dugout in an attempt to decide which of the subs would be easiest to catch off bases. Right in the middle of the bench sat a youth weighing upwards of 200 pounds. "Easy out," Frank decided. When the stout one was safely located on first, the Andover captain remarked, "Oh, by the way, that chap can do the 100 in 10 seconds flat."

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Of late Coach Fred Mitchell has been making catchers out of every unoccupied stringer on the Varsity baseball squad. The other day he told large Al Berry, "from Baltimore, suh," to get behind the plate. When Al came walking out in his armor the squad was definitely skeptical. Charlie Nevin's remark was "Well, Al, just keep your hands in your pockets and your eyes closed and nothing will happen to you.

Another man who leads a double life due to Mitchell's propensity for unusual catchers is Paul deGive. Last Tuesday the Atlantan was pitching to the squad for nearly an hour; two days later he was catching Messrs, Lincoln, Allan, and Loughlin in the Third Battle of Bull Run, otherwise known as the Jayvees' 4-2 defeat of the Varsity at Bedford.

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Few people realize that Bert Haines, for years coach of Freshman crews, received a medal for bravery in action in the Holy Land during the World War. Bert led a cavalry charge that General Allenby, in command of the forces that captured Jerusalem, described as "the bravest action of the War."

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Among the less popular forms of athletic recreation should be listed sitting on the cushions in Divinity Chapel. Some kind soul donated a fund "for upholstering the cushions in Divinity Chapel", and although no repair work has been needed for years the Tressurer's Report annually carries the pathetic item "Balance fund for upholstering cushions in Divinity Chapel, $1.97."