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...betting a percentage of the whole sum wagered is deducted as a fee. What remains is divided between those who have wagered on the winner. If only one person has bet on the first horse he gets it all. If 1,000 have backed the winner the winnings are split 1,000 ways...
Senator Hale well knew there was a split in expert naval opinion as to the relative value of these two types of cruisers. Senator Robinson anticipated this division of naval thought last week when he declared: "This is a question, I believe, which will never be settled to the satisfaction of everyone. The treaty recognizes the larger cruiser as more consistent with our needs in that we build 18 to 15 for the British. Some of the experts do not regard those figures as satisfactory. The treaty is as near parity as could be devised...
...suits. Suddenly, last August, Patrolman Garrett was reduced to a pavement beat. Said Writer Liggett: "It is the belief of Boston newspaper reporters that Garrett was 'bagman' for certain higher-ups who finally got rid of him because they were not satisfied with their percentage of the split." Patrolman Garrett refused to patrol, asked a vacation, got it. Returning, he asked retirement with a pension; he said his skull had been cracked on duty. He was retired, pensioned. Writer Liggett suggested the skullcracking might have occurred at a racetrack accident when Garrett was driving a horse that belonged...
After their craft capsized the oarsmen clung to it for some time, but despite their efforts the waves drove it against the Basin wall. Later examination revealed an eight inch split in the how and a large hole in the stern...
...Harvard, Coach Mitchell has chosen MacHale to assume the pitching burden. Devens and Page who split the work in Tuesday's game will be held in reserve. Devens will probably get the assignment for Saturday's game with Syracuse...