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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...straighten out the problems of a mad world was a waste of time, announced his retirement from politics. "Nowadays," said he, "only those who breakfast on Jews, lunch on aristocrats, and after dinner deal out fortunes and properties not belonging to them are national heroes. I am no match for them...
...this year. Last week there was lots of mud for the Preakness, second of the Big Three U. S. races for three-year-olds. So convinced of Big John's prowess were rival owners that only five were willing to risk the $500 starting fee (day before) to match their hopefuls against the Woodward colt...
...members of the Crimson are now fully recovered from various injuries of the season and Skip will be able to put a strong force in the field. The lineup will be the same as for the Boston Lacrosse Club match last Saturday, with plenty of shooting strength in the forward wall and three light, speedy players in the midfield...
Since the Yale match is a ten man affair the bottom four positions are of decisive importance. Three Seniors and one Sophomore will probably fill out the team. George Goodwin '39 at number seven has good ground strokes and a strong overhead. He and Art Brooks '39 make up the third doubles team; the latter plays number ten in singles. Bill Everts '39, who easily defeated the number one player of M.I.T. last Saturday, and Homer Peabody '41, first on last year's Freshman team, will occupy the eighth and ninth positions respectively...
There will be a post season match against Cornell on May 27, and on June 30 four members of the tennis team will join three players from Yale in a trip to England to play a series of matches against a joint Oxford-Cambridge team. Right now the four Harvard players, (the fourth member will go as an alternate) include Burt, Gilkey, Palfrey, and Muther...