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...Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland were so successful that there is prospect of developing a valuable new arm for the infantry. The new rifle approximates the 1903 Springfield in weight and size. It has an automatic ejector to discharge the empty shells and reload, but it is necessary to pull the trigger for every shot...
...fight. Although the advance sale has been ballyhooed as amounting to $700,000, actual inspection of accounts showed less than $40,000 in the credit columns. Indications are that the fight will draw meagerly and that Montana will have to collect reparations from every state in the Union to pull itself out of the hole...
...this end Coach Muller abandoned the idea of a time-trial, originally scheduled for Saturday evening, and instead drove his men through several fast half-mile sprints. This work, he feels, will help materially in developing that speed of pull-through and consequent good proportion to the stroke which has been so conspicuously lacking in the University boat to date...
Although rowing a slightly lower stroke than the seconds over the first three miles, University A raised the beat on the home stretch and managed to pull out a lead of half a length at the finish. No time was given out. Although the dates have not yet been fixed, Coach Muller expects to give his men at least one more four-mile test before June...
...Virginia Military Institute was won. Since then, however, the nine has shown a steady improvement, defeating West Point 5 to 4, Trinity 8 to 0, Penn State 8 to 0, and Massachusetts Agricultural College 5 to 0. New York University, Colby, and Princeton all managed to pull out victories by narrow margins, the latter by the score...