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Show ED GARBISCH FIVE TIMES TEAM LEADER Army Football Captain Is Winner of Many Honors. Five captaincies dtii-in?; his career as an athlete in hi-.li sclioul, cullejje, and the United States miJiJary academy, West Point, is the brtiiianl record that has been achieved by Ca Uet Kd.u'ar Y. t'.arbisch. Attracting attention while n student in Washington (l'a.) hii-'h school, where he won his first captaincy as leader of the gridiron squad. Cadet Garhisch developed rapidly when he entered Washington and Jefferson college col-lege and was elected captain of the varsity gridiron squad as a junior, an unusual honor at the institution. He also was one of the "aces" of the vtirsity tennis squad and served as its catitain during one season. While he starred as a guard at Washington and Jefferson, Cadet Oar-bish Oar-bish wtis transferred to center at West Point and in 19:22 was the almost unanimous choice for all-American center. His play on the Army eleven lias been so good that lie was chosen captain of tJie varsity squad last fall following the Army-Navy game, and last spring he was also elected captain of the tennis squad. lie is one of the few West Point cadets in recent years to hold two varsity captaincies. Cadet Garhisch has also won high standing as a student at West Point. Recently he ?-as elected captain of the first battalion of the school, a position posi-tion which is secured on the basis of scholarship, leadership and popularity. In connection with the Fourth of July celebration at Wftst Point, exercises enhanced by the traditions of years, it has been a custom to award the place of orator to the student making the highest scholastic standing. This was also won by Garhisch. |