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That which made my performance on May 1 at all notable was the somersaults forward and backward in the air; that is, clean turns from feet to feet without the interposition of any part of the body.* This performance was simply incidental with me, as I have been doing all these turns for something like 60 years, and expect to continue doing them some years longer...
Fifty golden guineas ($255) and an added purse of $15,000 were "to be run for," in the language of Victoria, Regina, et Imperatrix. As the barrier was sprung, 16 "platers" got away in an absolutely clean break after only four minutes at the post. . . . The field strung out. . . . Then, on the home stretch, two almost equally favored horses, Troutlet and Mr. Gaiety, had it nose to nose. Premier William Lyon Mackenzie King of Canada and Governor-General Willingdon both clapped glasses to their eyes, bent forward, tense, tried to see which horse crossed the winning mark first. Then...
...regret of the sudden and untimely death, of Major Fred W. Moore, for more than twenty years Graduate Treasurer of the Harvard Athletic Association. Major Moore's services to his Alma Mater have been many and varied. His career has been devoted to the promotion of wholesome rivalry and clean, vigorous sportsmanship. To him athletics existed not only to build the body but to train the mind and spirit. He knew well that truth and fair play can be taught no where better than on the gridiron or a diamond...
...Hardie turned in a good job of hurling for the Freshman baseball team yesterday, and the 1930 nine defeated the Tufts Freshmen by 7 to 1. Hardie held the visitors to four hits, while his teammates garnered nine clean blows off the hurling of Johnson...
...Crimson possibility in either second or third. The javelin throw offers the most uncertain prospect of the afternoon. It has been forecast that this event will end in an S to 1 victory for Harvard, and the same has also been prophesied for Yale. Any score except a clean sweep is perfectly credible in this event since the four leading contestants. Dean and Davidson of Yale, and Moore and Pratt of Harvard, have all made losses of over 18O feet and it is impossible to say which of them will come closest to his best effort in this afternoon...