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Iselin found considerable difficulty in defeating Burnham number one player on the Tennis and Racquet team. Forced to his limit in the first game the University player overcame his opponent with comparative ease in the second encounter by a 15-10 score Burnham staged a comeback in the third game and by his accurate placements caught Iselin at 14-14. The later flashed all his knowledge of court tactics and battled through to a victory...
...ever built. It was in its prime when the Crimson took it to England and captured the Challenge Cup in the great Hanley Race from some of the greatest crews in England. The 150 pound crew have been using it for the last three years. It staged a proud comeback year before last when they defeated Yale in it. This boat I'm working on now is on the lines of the old Number 15, and will be as fast. It will probably be initiated by the University Crew this spring...
...hello, Joe," he said. And I didn't mind him calling me Joe. I have become used to that quick familiarity that one must accept hand in hand with greatness. But he continued, and I didn't just like his tone, "Are you going to make a comeback this week...
...Comeback? With Soviet gold, Mongol troops and Russian officers, General Feng Yu-hsiang, "Christian Bolshevist War Lord,'" recently driven from Peking (TIME, April 12) was last week reported preparing a drive from Siberia on his native land. Then quite suddenly the occidental press discovered the General in Berlin. Perhaps he was only buying peanuts...
...evening, Harvard placed second to Yale in the team scores. Although the Harvard team has been considered strong this season, its showing today was unexpectedly good. After the epee team had been eliminated by M. I. T. in the matches yesterday, the foils team staged a great Crimson comeback to win from all its rivals except Yale...