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...century" dash, Paddock was vying with an old rival, Loren Murchison, of Newark, and both were out to trim "Al" Leconey (Meadow Brook Club), who had claimed a new world's record of 9 2/5 sec. for a race, down wind, he had run the previous week at Allentown, Pa. Murchison led to the last ten strides, when Paddock flashed by. Leconey took third. Murchison also led Paddock at the start of the 220, was 3 yds. behind when Paddock snapped the worsted...
...Louis, spanked his ball around the Calumet Country Club course four times, totted up his cards at 293. When it was known that this figure was eight strokes lower than the totting of any other of the 208 players present, Mehlhorn was declared Western open champion. Scores: Al Watrous (Grand Rapids), 301; "Chick" Evans (Chicago amateur), 302; Eddie Held (St. Louis amateur...
...Al Jolson, after three years in Bombo, is at work on something...
...This figure was arrived at by making allowance for territorial losses imposed by the Versailles Treaty, the fact being kept in mind that, while some of this territory was agricultural and not highly productive, yet the loss of Al-sace-Lorraine carried with it very large resources of iron ore and potash and industrial works of considerable magnitude, while the occupation of the Saar Basin had deprived Germany of extensive coal deposits...
Prof. Faraday, of London−Electro-magnetic induction, whence the dynamo, the telephone, et al...