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...Regiment last year, and which the Corps is now using. The barrel is considerably shorter, a fact which changes to a certain extent the balance of the piece. The same bolt action is used in both types, but instead of the side feeding magazine of the Krag-Jorgensen, the clip used in the Springfield are shoved in from the top. The calibre of the new arms is 30-30, and the muzzle velocity is 27,000 feet a second. It has an effective range of over a mile...
...first and second Yale crews held a practice race in which both crews rowed at a rapid clip. The new order of the Yale crew seemed to be well chosen, however, for this boat had no trouble in defeating the junior eight by a comfortable lead of two lengths
...scoring two goals in the first ten minutes of play, and before the end of the period Tyler scored for Dartmouth. Tyler's pretty shot in the second period tied the score at 2 all, and at the end extra time was necessary. Both teams, playing at a fast clip, added another goal in the first extra period, Buchanan of Yale and Raycroft of Dartmouth tallying. The winning goal in the last period was a hard, clean drive from the middle of the rink by Washburn, the Yale cover point...
...stiff work-out featured the practice of the relay teams yesterday. After a run of about half a mile, the short distance team practiced taking corners and then ended up with a two-lap sprint. The long distance team ran 390 yards at a good clip and later covered twelve laps with fast work for the last...
...successful runner of a complete and thorough knowledge of how to run a race, stating that continual racing on an indoor board track was the best possible means of teaching an observing runner how to take advantage of the opponent's breaks, how to take the corners, to clip off a foot here and six inches there; in short, how to get the best possible time out of one's best efforts...