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Show CAPTAIN WIBERG IS GRIDIRON ACE Stood Out as One of Most Promising Linesmen in ; Grid Squad. Kaleb Wlberg, who was elected captain cap-tain of next year's Columbia crew-after crew-after the Poughkeepsle regatta, traveled 6,000 miles to receive his education on Morningside Heights. He prepared for college at the American school in Japan, located at Tokyo. The new leader, a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, will be a senior in the fall, and has rowed on the varsity crew at Poughkeepsle for the last two years. In his freshman year he rowed at No. 6 in the yearling eight, but was converted into a starboard oarsman by Coach Fred Miller the following season, and rowed Not 7. Because of illness he was unable to report until April this year and was shifted from the varsity to the junior varsity from time to time. But, by the time Bill Haines assumed charge of the oarsmen oars-men Wiberg had regained his old form and was assigned to the No. 5 seat for the Poughkeepsie race. Wlberg was the biggest man on the squad, 6 feet 2 Inches tall and weighing 186 pounds. Although Wiberg is a good oarsman, his greatest claim to fame lies in his ability to play football. He never had any experience on the gridiron before coming to Columbia, but, In his sophomore soph-omore year, when the late Percy D. Haughton became head coach on Morningside Heights, he answered the new mentor's call for candidates. Under the able coaching of "P. D.," Wlberg soon stood out as one of the most promising linemen at Columbia in years, and won a varsity position at guar' for the opening game of the Haughton regime. He performed splendidly in this game, but was injured in-jured so badly in practice a couple of days later that he was unable to play for the rest of the season. Last year, however, he reported again and immediately won a regular place at guard. Playing throughout the season, he performed in great style, both offensively and defensively, and progressed so rapidly that the coaches expect him to be one of the greatest guards in the East during the coming season. |