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Inclement weather yesterday forced the baseball squad to retreat again into the cage. Even therefore if the weather undergoes a change and permits outdoor practice today and the opening game tomorrow, the team that will face Boston University on the diamond will do so with only a scant three days outdoor work behind it. The squad has been confined for an unusually long time this year and that it is suffering from its lack of diamond work was only too evident in the informal six inning game staged by Coach Slattery on Wednesday. As was to be expected both nines...
...shot around him safely to the left. But in that moment of hesitation Hulman came up fast from behind and finally forced Owen out of bounds on Yale's four and one-half yard line. Lee sent Gehrke and then Owen at the line, but the goal remained a scant yard away. Then Buell went in at quarter-back, immediately called for a slightly spread formation with Hammond back, and shot Owen through the line for the winning touchdown. The latter kicked the goal...
...state of feverish excitement over the coming elections--the elections, of course, which are being held in England. Anyway thee is to be a general election in England, and there ought to be some interest in its results among the serious minded voters of America. There will be scant interest in the question of whether the "Die Hards" will control the Conservative party, nor yet over the Labor program. The average American knows little or nothing of the various British political parties and issues. He will notice only one thing--whether Lloyd George is to return to power...
...objection raised if this arrangement had been plainly stated in advance. The allotment may seem to be a mechanical matter, but it neglects human values which are not easily adjusted. Is it fair to men who have asked friends from a distance to cut down on their applications on scant notice...
...yard dash C. C. Colt led the field for the first half of the race. At the corner Jones, who started with a 20-yard handicap, passed him and came in a scant yard before Robb. Smith finished third. The time was 50 seconds...