. The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. the All Eastern Stars, a teamselected under the sponsorship of The Philadelphia Inquirer to play theEagles, Philadelphias ProfessionalClub. Two Gettysburg Taus made the Serf ass was fourth choice in thegroup of six ends with Yales Kelly lead-ing. Ellis McCracken made the squadas a tackle, also being fourth among thesix selected for that postiion. The Inquirer says the following aboutMcCracken: Wrestling and football often go hand inhand down the athletic highway. For exam-ple, take the cases of Gus Sonnenberg, JimMcMillen, Mays McLain, Tiny Roebuck a
. The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. the All Eastern Stars, a teamselected under the sponsorship of The Philadelphia Inquirer to play theEagles, Philadelphias ProfessionalClub. Two Gettysburg Taus made the Serf ass was fourth choice in thegroup of six ends with Yales Kelly lead-ing. Ellis McCracken made the squadas a tackle, also being fourth among thesix selected for that postiion. The Inquirer says the following aboutMcCracken: Wrestling and football often go hand inhand down the athletic highway. For exam-ple, take the cases of Gus Sonnenberg, JimMcMillen, Mays McLain, Tiny Roebuck andCharlie Strack. All were men with national football repu-tations and all became great grapplers. EllisMcCracken, of Gettysburg, who will holddown one of the tackle berths when the Col-lege All-Stars clash with the Eagles at theTemple University Stadium on the night ofAugust 26, is another case in point. The Bullet star was not only a fine line-man on the football team, but also the Mid-dle Atlantic wrestling champion. Which. SERFASS Mccracken Middle Atlantic wrestling chayrips and Gettysburg football stars to pla/y on All-East team. means that he will be hard to move aroundwhen the Bellmen try to plunge through hisspot. At Gettysburg he was an Alpha TauOmega and member of the Pen and Swordhonor society. During the off season he hasserved as a clerk in a dairy store and hasalso milked the cows on the farm. Serfass, like McCracken, was a wrest-ling champion. He had the uniquerecord of not losing a bout in threeyears, during which time he also heldthe Middle Atlantic Championship at175 lbs. Three years of varsity football, threeyears of varsity wrestling, and threeyears of varsity track, with membership PERSONS AND EVENTS 327 on the freshmen teams of these threesports constituted his athletic activity. Harvey was quite active in other col-leg:e affairs. Membership in Pen andSword activities society for two years,of wliich he was president in his senioryear; Kappa Phi Kappa, educ
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