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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lowell collected nine runs in that hectic second canto and pushed across five more in the fourth to put the game on ice. Adams rallied occasionally, but Bellboy pitcher Dick Story had things well in hand most of the time. Fielding lapses accounted for many of the Adams scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bellboy Nine Defeats Adams 19-14 in Heavy Hitting Game | 5/25/1939 | See Source »

...task of refusing Mayor Lyons' request was made considerably more difficult by the role which that worthy chose to assume--that of requesting a contribution, rather than demanding a tax provision. This has put Harvard somewhat on the defensive, and may lay it open in the future to accusations of "failing" the city. Of course, Cambridge's financial condition may indeed be due to decreased tax income. So says the Mayor. But perhaps it is more attributable to an often extremely uneconomical city government. In either case, Harvard cannot be expected to ameliorate the deficit unless it wishes to function...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO, MR. MAYOR | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

Athletic Association officials hope that his arrest will put an end to the epidemic of robberies that has lately plagued the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 50 STUDENTS CHASE CULPRIT WHO STEALS $63 FROM PEROY | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

George Downing, who took third in the discus, had a bad day in the shot-put, failing to get beyond the 47 foot, nine inch mark. He took fifth behind his teammate, Howie Mendel...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Big Red Cindermen Nose Out Crimson in Heptagonal | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...American Henley which had been running all morning was climaxed in the afternoon by the most spectacular contest of the day, as the trailing Crimson 150's put on a breath-taking superman spurt to pass the Yale lightweights for a full length within the last quarter mile. This gave them the Wright...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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