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...year of war." ¶ Following these remarks Mr. Roosevelt concluded: "The Navy is in good shape with the exception of the above designated deficiencies which should be remedied. The morale of the personnel, both commissioned and enlisted, is high. The appropriations furnished by Congress are being applied in such manner as to obtain the very best results...
Miss Sinclair is short, she dresses quietly and she has a countenance which, in repose, seems a bit brooding; when her face lights she has the effect of being just a little startled, or, perhaps, amused. In her sweetness of manner and speech, she displays none of the telling irony that is so often present in her books. In this she reminds me somewhat of Zona Gale, although May Sinclair is never betrayed into arrant sentimentalities as is too often Miss Gale...
...noise in the Harvard victory was Spalding's pitching. He mixed up fast balls, curves, and puzzling floaters in a manner that kept the Tigers guessing--and guessing wrong. The slender Crimson pitcher allowed two hits, both of which were decidedly scratchy. He also walked two men, and all four Tigers waited on the bases for the hit that never came. Two of them died on third, one on second, and the other on first. Spalding is not a strike-out pitcher--he only fanned one man Saturday. His forte is rather to fool the enemy sluggers into popping...
...Haven, conn., May 14.--The Colgate College baseball team downed the Yale nine 7-6 in a 13-Inning game today. The winning tally came in an unexpected manner when a pitched ball from Scott to Mallory hit Hubbard of Colgate, forcing is Livermore...
...life span than do total abstainers." Heavy drinkers have the poorest expectation of life at all ages after 30, except that heavy-drinking males from 65 on are about on a par with the total abstainers. The figures are calculated in the same manner as insurance life tables, and according to Dr. Pearl, the material is "the most critically adequate" in both quality and quantity that 'has ever been available for the study of the influence of alcohol on the duration of life...