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HEAR YE! HEAR YE!—1 The Popsye Club'' wishes to I j challenge any other boarding elub, •' | j dormitory fraternity house, or:| Ipiivatc individual to an eating ji t -contest, by representatives IVomi* | ! tlx? organ t/,al ions involve1!. As;1 5 ;our entrant- we wish (o announce:1 | !Mr. ‘Willard Linker, who has by | . popular acclaim. ‘ lom his follow:| j boarders' been chosen lo represent!' j I our club. fi We agree to cover all bets and * £ wt care not whether the peTsor.| matched against him be a profes- ( f 1 *i'.-md or not. We arc so eonfi- ‘ i :lt;Jent in our hero's success that we . \ a*** willing to “spot” his opponent j : one whole pie, to be eaten by our ; ! contestant be I ore the contest efccrtsJ jTo avoid petting- any contestants | not in a class compa rail ?e to our ms.n we feel bou::d l.o make 2ublic an estimate of Linker’* power*. He ha*, at one sitting-, eaten the fol-lovinA': a whole cliiekon, with all il tha holiday trimmings, of mashed :t potatoes, dressing:, salad, two £ cups of coffee, various side dishes, ar.:l then feeling yet a desire for l_ something else in the. way of des-- .sort, ate one- ordinary sized apple- sauce cake- If there is any one _ ■ desiring to enter in a contest with y! Linker see Fred Wise or RobertPop” Sherwood for details. Wc _|are willing to leave the choice of j food and the site or the contest up- to the challenger. The only pro-. ' vision is that, the loser pay for; ° Lhc food cai.cn.Arle Davis of Oklahoma kicked Z'i extra points from placement . i/ one game—Oklahoma vs. Kingfisher, in 1917. Balance sheet: Oklahoma 179, K F, U.aPT3 ri“ 'j --'m
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Monmouth College Newspaper Oracle
Monmouth, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 29, 1936
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