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...Pearson and McLane showed that they were still in the running, and by excellent team play and sharp volleying from the net, pulled up and passed their opponents until the score stood 6 to 5 in their favor. But Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell again showed a burst of speed and won the next two games. With Fraser-Campbell serving in the final game, the score reached forty love. Pearson and McLane, however, scored the next three points bringing the score to deuce. Fraser-Campbell and Sweetser gained the odd point seven times, and each time their opponents evened the score...
...Perkins '12 with a 100-yard handicap led during the last five laps. He ran with good judgment and an easy stride. During the last half-mile F. D. Everett '11, who had slowly worked his way to the front, tried to pass Perkins, but with a good burst of speed Perkins drew away and finished about twenty yards ahead of Masten and Ryan who in turn had passed Everest...
...gates of the great Senior County Fair swing open this evening at 9 o'clock, a scene of unparalleled splendour will burst upon the atrophied optics of the throng of ticket-holders. Sparkling fountains will leap from many a keg, and the air will quiver with the stentorian howls of sideshow barkers...
...Senior County Fair will be opened by President Taft's pressing a solid ivory button in the Pink Room of the White House promptly at 9 P. M. tomorrow night. In the Dining Room of the Union, many sideshows will burst into life, the African Dodger will resound with the lusty spheroids, and the Fat Lady will draw in a long breath. A continuous amateur pie-eating contest will provide many opportunities for skill and capacity, and there will be other games where magnificent prizes reward the successful. The great Siberian Sea-Serpent vies with the Tattooed Albino...
...crew, on the other hand, rowing a slower, steadier stroke, were still comparatively fresh, and their boat was spacing well. From then on, it was merely a question of whether Claverly could wear down Randolph's lead before the finishing line was reached; this was effected by a final burst of speed just before crossing the line, and Claverly won by a few feet. Matthews lost considerably through bad steering, and was finally run straight into the stake boat, three lengths behind Claverly. Mount Auburn Street came in about a length behind Matthews...