Sport: Chick Harley

At Columbus, Ohio, Charles W. ("Chick") Harley, remembered by the football world for the crooked smile and the crooked, sidestepping gait that were his when dazzling broken-field runs won two Conference championships for Ohio State (1916, 1917), last week besought a court to strike from its record lunacy proceedings that were brought against him, successfully, in 1922.

"Chick" Harley was an all-American halfback in 1916 and 1919. After being graduated by Ohio State, he and other Conference players formed a team, at Chicago, in 1920, called the "Staleys" and joined the National Professional...

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