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...shouted thousands of voices, but one by one the horses returned behind the barrier; Jockey Donoghue's mount, Defiance, had "broken." The second "They're off!" proved correct. Lord Astor's St. Germans and Lord Derby's Sansovino led with Hurstwood, Bright Night and Tom Pinch. Down the spongy, muddy track squelched the horses, the pouring rain dashing into their faces. Little by little Sansovino and St. Germans drew away from the rest. When the field plodded around the dreaded Tattenham corner it was clear that Sansovino was the winner and some few seconds later...
...short fly. Lewis looped a single to short center that Jenkins just failed to reach. Campbell made a good play on Dignan's fiery grounder. Cooper and Lewis moving along a base. Caldwell, still smarting from the sting of his beating in the first Harvard game, went in to pinch hit for Foster. He missed a healthy swing at a Spalding slow ball, but connected with the next one for two bases, and the score was tied. A moment later Caldwell romped home on a single by Dinsmore and the Tigers were...
Puffer having been received for a pinch hitter. Cotter pitched the tenth inning. Barns greeted him with a fiery triple down the right field four line. Harris Shied to Chase, and the speedy Burns scored after the catch. Cotter got the next two men, but the damage had been done...
...want to see either rich or poor escape taxation," Mr. H. C. Pell '05 said last night, "but I want to see the pinch equally applied. Ninety percent of the corruption in American politics is the direct result of the rotten taxes and tariffs enforced by the Republicans. As a nation, we are now envied by all, liked by a few and hated by a few, but if we continue in our present policy as regards the tariff, we will be distrusted...
These financial difficulties pinch the social toe of Rumania's Queen, Marie. Mussolini told her she could not call on the Italian monarchs (TIME, April 7). Primo di Rivera, following the leader, told her she could not call on the Spanish. The French Senate voted money for entertaining her this Summer, but so great was the protest it became doubtful whether the moneys would be so used. Only Brussels beamed with a kindly light. The Belgian Foreign Office extended an official invitation to Queen Marie and her husband, Ferdinand...