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Show Jparffloes Twenty-two of the 1927 Minnesota varsity eleven weigh 100 pounds or more. " Have we reached the point where football Is either the collegiate vine or trellis! - It Is evident that Mr. Tunney, In his literary advancement, reads Punch religiously. The Yanks believe In first In war, first In peace and first In the American Ameri-can league. Between overseas flights, prize fights and football we have lost track of the Chinese war. Louis Gilbert, a trlple-threater, Is proving a big help to Michigan's eleven this fall. ' . ' .. Every man on the Virginia Poly technic Institute football eleven Is a native Virginian. Tills Is the time of year when college col-lege publicity bureaus begin makiug their ail-Amerlcans. Corny Dunn, Marquette fullback, suffered a dislocated shoulder in the opening game of the year. Captain "Deke" of Findlay college In Ohio has played every minute In every game for two seasons. Gene Tunney Is going on the lecture platform where previous training will come to bla aid In pounding In the facts. Seven members of this year's Yale football squad are brothers of former Ell players who won their Y's on the gridiron. It Is rumored that when a golfer cried "Fore I" the other day, an antique an-tique collector In the gallery thought he was auctioning his brassle. Pittsburgh fans presented Ruth with a saxophone. And. there, we'll, bet, goes the framework for many a gossipy gos-sipy yarn that Babe is on another toot Some humorous opportunities have been overlooked. It still remnlns to be remnrked that Tunney Is no poor fish and that be refused to be "canned." All football teams are in such a terrible ter-rible state Just as they are about to engage their adversary what with bruises, bolls and broken bones II seems stranse 'lint college authorities allow them to take the field. |