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...fell within the vital area of the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal. And it fell while the U. S. battle fleet was attempting last week to "destroy" the Canal in the most intricate of war games. The U. S. scouting fleet was trying to defend...
...Jansen '26, seeded third, W. H. Rise, seeded fifth, and F. S. Hill '24, seeded sixth, are among the most prominent of the remaining seeded players J. L. Pool '29, captain of last year's University squash team and present state champion, will be unable to defend his title this year, since he is now residing in another state...
...Pool '29, captain of last year's University team, and winner of the State title last season will be unable to defend his crown this year, since he is now residing out of the state...
While the stock-market is happy and the motor industry hale, there will be plenty of people who want to go to U. S. prizefights, however wretched they may be. It is not probable therefore that Max Schmeling, if he becomes heavyweight champion, will be expected to defend his title in the back rooms of speakeasies, like John L. Sullivan, or on a barge, like James J. ("Gentleman Jim") Corbett. The other champions,* of whom Tex Rickard made a list before he died, are as well off as ever. But perhaps million-dollar gates are now definitely in the past...
...purpose of the game, offensively, is to knock down with the ball either or both of two loose-balanced wickets which it is the batsman's business to defend. When one of the batsmen knocks the ball away from his wicket, he may exchange places with the other batsman, thus scoring a run. The procedure of scoring does not greatly differ from that used in two-old-cat; but cricket is unique among all games for profound, untechnical and subtle reasons. Its rhythm, the pace at which its climaxes are reached and at which they disappear, is slower than anything...