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Show ff HARVARD GETS STAR ff IN FRESHMAN CAPTAIN m SSifit TpDDIE MAHAN, captain of the Har- I vard freshman football team, has out-Brickloyed Brickley and now looms up in Cambridge as a coming star next year of even greater famo than the Everett sophomore. With a pair like- Brickley and Mahan In the lineup next year Harvard ought to bo first favorite for the football championship, both cast and wost Liko Brickley, Mahan Ik a Greater Boston lad He hails from Natlclc Football authorities consider Charley Char-ley Brickley a marvel yet Mahan outplayed out-played the Everett boy when both attended at-tended the rival prep schools, Exeter and Andovcr. Mahan is a wonder. In a game against Worcester academy he distinguished dis-tinguished himself by dropping the ball between the goal posts from the forty-sovon yard line, a feat that has seldom been accomplished The longest drop kick on record is elxty-nvo yards. But Mahan is only a mere boy lie is nineteen years old who i3 Improving all the time and who has years ahead of him to accomplish a more remarkable feat. Mahan will play on the varsity team at Harvard next year and will prove a valuable successor to Felton. the only great punter that the Crimson has had for the past few years. Kicking Ls not the only department that Mahan features in, for he is a plunger of exceptional ability, a good defensive player and a youngster who uses his head to advantage in the tightest of pinches Eddlo Ls a vcrtlable giant, being nix feet tall and weighing over 175 pounds He ls finely built and carries his weight well. Speed is a big factor in h his success. Hf has often run 100 Hrt yards undor eleven seconds and in Hfn Rcveral Instancos did the century dis-flPI dis-flPI tance In ten seconds flat. |