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...three mile bridge at Poughkeepsie, 40,000 people observed that the Huskies were a scant length ahead; at three and three-quarter miles, Navy whistles screamed that the shells were even; then the oars of "Rusty" Callow's men pushed back the Hudson river sufficiently to heave one-quarter length of the Washington shell across the finish line first. After the Navy came Syracuse, Penn, Columbia, California, Wisconsin, Cornell, in glittering procession...
...kill all but the more delectable women, recreates himself, abandons the women to his soldiers, departs with the lion's share of loot. The women, dragged to the soldiers' camps, are "staked out with ropes and pegs." Such acts -typical of every war-were given scant attention by callous humans last week...
Hugh Simpson Gibson, head of the U. S. delegation, instructed practically all his assistants and experts to remain at Geneva during the summer, there to function as members of the various committees and subcommittees. Mr. Gibson himself journeyed to Berne, a scant 75 miles distant. There he will continue as U. S. Minister to Switzerland, will visit Geneva often, keep in close touch with the advancing preparations...
Heavy Hitting Is Scant...
Extra base hits continue scant among Coach Mitchell's charges. Only ten in all have been registered, six of them doubles, while the remaining four have been evenly divided between three baggers and home runs. Sullivan is the Crimson's leading slugger, his extra base plies totalling nine bases...