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Show h r - I Leslie, Harvard Atklete, a Modern Hercules If TORE ELAND H. LESLIE of Milton, f . twenty-one years old, a senior at ", t; Harvard, football guard and shot put's put-'s I; ; ter, 13 tho Harvard Hercules. Ho has h L smashed all Harvard strength records K ' and has recaptured tho title ho won j I ! last year and the year before of being -j t i tho champion Harvard strong man. I ' Two years ago In tho strength tests it , In the Hcmenway gymnasium ho was Bw ' the strongest of all, scoring a total of Ji ' 1271.6 points under tho system used by IE Dr. Dudley A. Sargent Last spring he Vj led again with 1,313.1 points. i V, : This mark waa broken by It. Crosby. I I 11, before Crosby left college last June. ' i . Then last fall Captain F. D. Huntlng- f I' ( ton of tho hockey team beat Leslie by E ' 100 points In a strength test I; r- Now Leslie "cornea back" with the I , wonderful mark of 1,513.3 points, break- V ' lng all Harvard strength records by t ' 100 points and scoring half as mar- I, points again as usually are made tho collegiato strong man. !,i I The strength tests as conducted i i Dr. Sargent include lifting with bacSi ' and legs, grips with olthcr hand, lun capacity and strength, dips, chlnnlnfi I tho bar and ao on, 0j .; Some of Leslie's records arc: ILung- capacity 320 cubic Inches. ; i Lift with tho back 726 pounds. I : Lift with tho back and legs 1,230 V ' pounds. " ; Grip with right hand 75. 1 Grip with left hand SO. i. Strength of chest and upper forearm : 338,2. , Chinning himself 25 times. 5j Dips 16 times. 5 '- ' Leslie's weight 13 181,5. He Is six feet jj ( Leslie proparcd for Harvard at M1I- I J ton academy, whore ho mado a fine aji 2 : around athletic record. Ho entered col- l lego a year aftor his brother, 1L C Les- I ! Ue. '1 the football player, g , Freeland H. Leslie rowed on his I ' freshman crew, but ho was unablo to 5J '; ' get tho swing of tho varsity form for m the big clghL So ho went Into football W J .. and strength work. 1' In his Btrength tt In March, 1910. I Freeland Lonllo passed his older broth- ' er. Freeland scored 1,271.6 points. His ' brother, II- C Leslie, waa seventh on i ) the list with 1.066.1, 1 ' In 1911 Leslie was champion agnln, boating his nearest competitor by for- 0 ' ty-ono polnt-i. The latter waa H. K. y j '- Bush, 11, a subBtituto varsity football tlfi playor. Tho third on tho list Was "Dono" MInot, the all American fullback full-back of threo years ago. This year's tent shows that Lello is trongor In his right arm than In hjs left This may bo duo to a year's "ivorkj la weight thxowlhff. . rr i Photo by American Frew Association- F. H. LESLIE PUTTING THE SHOT iMtiliamMi liMiiiiiii inr' ,m |