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...third set also, he managed to outdo his opponent for a short while; but during the rest of the match, Washburn was never pressed, his serve and his long backhand stroke working especially well. He seldom ran in, but when he did, it was for a sure kill. At all times he displayed rare coolness and judgment, and his placing was excellent. Armstrong, on the other hand, lacked control, his service especially being wild. Like Washburn he preferred the back court game, his net work being only mediocre...
...hopeful thing is, that about all that it is necessary to do is to expose these great evils and let the light of public opinion kill them. We have got to earn our own living, but we should feel ashamed of ourselves if we haven't a surplus to spend for the nation on that public opinion. Nothing can resist the mass of clear-eyed men backed with the purpose of establishing justice and peace without...
...sportsmanlike hospitality of the Englishman is proverbial. In the olden days he used to try to kill his enemy with an axe; that failing, he invited him to dinner. Now, in athletic contests, he beats his rivals in the afternoon and then dines them in the evening; or, in the House of Commons, he shouts "traitor" and "liar" at his best friend on the opposite bench and then after the session walks out with him arm in arm. The Yale and Harvard track teams last summer experienced more than a touch of that social grace which the Englishman unites with...
...like two pearls in a cabbage patch," is fortunately not maintained throughout. A sketch, Mr. Skinner's Indian tale "The Love of a Friend," is simple and good. Perhaps the Apache saying which heads it--"Any man can slay an enemy, but only an Apache is brave enough to kill a friend"--anticipates too much the conclusion...
...second University crew will compete in the ninth annual Henley Regatta of the American Rowing Association for the Stewards Challenge Cup over a one mile and 550 yards course on the Schuyl-kill River near Philadelphia this afternoon. The other crews in the race will be crews of Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale, of which Cornell is the favorite. The order of the second University crew will be as follows: stroke, Waite; 7, Morgan; 6, Meyer; 5, Anderson; 4, Smith; 3, G. C. Cutler; 2, Eager; bow, Wiggins; cox., Voorhees...