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Everywhere cautious "Wee Willie" King looked, there was trouble. Having held a plebiscite which split Canada's English-and French-speaking peoples, Canada's Prime Minister found he had split his Cabinet almost as dangerously...
...plebiscite was on the question: Should the Government be released from its pledge not to conscript manpower for service overseas? The Canadian electorate voted Yes by a more than 2-to-1 vote-and the Cabinet thereupon split over whether to enforce conscription immediately. For the second consecutive weekend Mr. King sought refuge in his summer house in the gentle Gatineau hills. Past master of delay and compromise, he emerged this week with a characteristic proposal...
Varsity bats boomed out 22 bits Saturday in a mad attempt to stop Cornell's invading Red, but unsteady fielding and emotions forced the Crimson to be satisfield with a split bill. Cornell took the first contest, 8-b, in two extra innings, while the home squad had less trouble in winning the second by the same count in the regulation seven frames...
Also aiding the Yale victory was a tough 2-up best-ball doubles loss suffered by Boardman and Dan Friedman, who had split their singles matches by identical scores...
Also underdogs, but with a better chance, the Yardling stickmen meet the Eli cubs on the adjoining Business School field at the same time as the Varsity. The Freshmen have won three out of seven, while their oppenents have split four. By these figures, the teams should be equal, but Deerfield, which needed two extra periods to nose out the Bulldogs, swamped the Crimson 18 to 5. In this last game of the season the Yardlings will be led by their newly eleted captain Herbie Allen...