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THE WHO'S WHO IN A. P. A.
E. B. Jourdain, Gray's Hall, Cambridge, Editor. (Contributions for this department should be sent to the above address.) Edward 0 . Gourdin, Harvard, '21, was the mainstay of the Crimson Track Team in its 1920 season. Entered in all of the Spring meets in the hundred, two-twenty and broad jump, this Alpha man speedily won for himself the title of Harvard's "iron man," displaying not only a capacity as an all-around performer, but a remarkable ability to excell in more than one event. During the last season he proved himself Harvard's best sprinter, journeved to Philadelphia and in the intercollegiates there set up a new harvard record in the broad jump, and in the Olympic trvouts at the Stadium in July, 1920. won the junior national championship in the dashes. His work-in the Crimson's big outdoor meets won wide and generous commendations from the metropolitan dailies. Under headlines: "GOURDIN AND HARWOOD LAND HARVARD SEVENTH" in the intercollegiate games, the Boston "Herald." for Sundav, May 29th, says of his work at Philadelphia: "New England did not have a college able to capture the team honors, but how her athletes performed in the various events. Of course, Earl Thomson's racing will never be forgotten Then thpre was Oourdin. the dark-skinned Harvard athlete. Working: all the time, this Crimson bearer proved himself a gamester and a fighter. He and Bob Harwood alone brought Harvard more glorv than the whole Yale track team won. Between them this r>air scored 11 points. Gourdin was a fightine second to Brown, of Princeton, in the 100-yard dash: indeed, he was so close that there was a question as to who reallv was the winner, while in the running broad jump he returnd a leap of 23 feet 7% inches." In the dual meet with Yale, Harvard won four first places. "Gourdin. the iron man of the Whalen forces, gettinc out the farthest in the broad jump." This, indeed, the Bosten "Transcript" had aVeadv awarded to "Gourdin, who has supplanted the debarred Kroguess as the most versatile of the Crimson athletes." Of this greatest event in Harvard's track season, the annual Yale meet, the Boston "Herald" said: "The real man of the games was V. 0. flourdin. the duskv Crimson flier. From the stands it looked as if he were in everv event, and he did well wherever he showed, in some instances having to hop from a
SPHINX trial in one event to a finish in another. He won the broad jump with an effort of 22 feet 8% inches; was second in the 220yard dash and third in the century, at the same time working well along in the running: high jump." Nor is Gourdin's remarkable versatility confined to the cinder path, on which he won his " H " in his Sophomore year—in itself a notable achievement. In his Freshman year he made the yearling baseball team, while his powerful physique marked him out for the gridiron and only his devotion to track hides his ability as a tennis player. He inaugurated his Senior vear by winning a place in the 'Varsity basketball squad, from which he retired to resume winter track work. Already a metropolitan daily marks him as the best bet for the short distance relay team." This is his last year of running' for Harvard and. according to our sporting editor, "he should have his very best season." Alpha will do well to watch him. "^ Brothers at Baltimore may be interested in Brother Earl Brown, former Howard halfback and baseball captain, who reported for football practice at Harvard this fall, and by sheer merit won for himself a place on Harvard's s c o n d team. During the week preceding the Brown game he did the punting against the 'Varsity in preparation for the Providence eleven's left-footed kicker and Captain Armstrong. Earl Brown looms up as a likely candiate for the 1921 'Varsity. At Tuft's College, Alpha has gained even higher gridiron honors. Brother Otis E. Galloway, the former English High School star and All-Scholastic tackle, has been for two years the mainstay of the line, and this season his absence, enforced by injury, was severely felt. Brother J. Ernest Martin, the speedy left halfback of the Medford eleven, is well known to the Eastern football world, and was acting as captain of the Tuft's eleven in four of its games this season, namelv, those with Norwich, Detroit, Dartmouth and West Point. Brother Clarence H. Mills, wearing the Phi Betta Kappa key from Dartmouth, maintained his brilliant record through the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and from there received the degree of master of arts in June. 1920. Brother Mills is now teaching at Talladega. Brother Luther R. White was one of the organizers of the Boston University debating team and helped found the Boston University Union.