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...meet these strong rivals, the University sends in a team which seems to have reached its final shape, and which has proven itself the possessor of great latent ability. Three of the last games have been taken in extra innings. The hitting has improved noticeably, and now that the infield has taken a satisfactory arrangement, the fielding should not take long in reaching late-season form. Unless Reed's bad knee improves considerably, and his hitting makes a like change, it seems improbable that he will displace Phillips at short, so that the problem of the nine's make...
...stage of its development. It is just recovering its stride after injuries and the shake-up in coaches. The hitting as a whole has been erratic, with, however, the encouraging feature of a marked ability to hit in the pinches. The batting order seems to have reached its final shape, but the order in the field is not so definite. Beal is filling the hole at third satisfactorily, but the weakness at short may mean some important shift...
Plans for the second University medical unit, begun at the request of Sir William Osler of Oxford, England, have assumed a definite shape and if international conditions continue as at present the unit will sail sometime between June 1 and 15. It has been announced that a staff of 32 surgeons and not less than 75 experienced nurses will leave Boston at that time for service in a base hospital for British wounded in England and in France...
...upper class crews, now rowing in new and probably permanent orders, are getting into shape for the class races that come Thursday, May 6. After the class races, the Eliot and Thayer Club crews will call out candidates for the club crows. Last fall each club was represented by four eights and a four-oar, and it is hoped that a good showing will be made this spring. The club crews will row for three weeks and end their season in the regatta...
...present order of the second University crew is in all probability permanent, and the eight is getting into shape for the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia...