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Five more matches in the third round of the University squash tournament were played yesterday. None of the matches were of unusual interest, however, inasmuch as the winners came through in straight sets. Lenhardt defeated Burrows, 2-0; Baker defeated Newburger, 2-0; Corning defeated Benheim, 2-0; Debevoise defeated Morris, 2-0; and Runlin defeated Douglas...
Miller did not survive the afternoon victorious, however, for he and Wakefield played the first match of the fourth round, and Miller was defeated by the University champion in straight sets...
...beast, 3½ inches long, with bony armor and a hard, sharp, poison-tipped tail. Only a Fabre could be intimate with him. He digs his own home in the sand under rocks. He feels his way with his pincers, because, despite his eight staring eyes, he cannot see straight ahead. His courtship is an epic, ending in the slaughter of the ardent male by his cannibal mate. Fabre in his last years, though always living in poverty, received the acclaim of Science and of la patrie. He was the friend of many great men-John Stuart Mill, Hugo, Pasteur...
...three-year-old great-grandchild. In Manhattan, Saks & Co. (clothiers) alleged in an advertisement that "the best known men in Wall Street [i.e., J. Pierpont Morgan, Otto H. Kahn, Dwight W. Morrow, Jesse Livermore, Seymour L. Cromwell, etc.] are to be seen wearing our sack coats and straight cut double-breasted waistcoats with contrasting striped trousers. "Saks & Co. also cited Mr. Lloyd George as favoring the "contrasting coat and trouser idea." In Washington, D. C., the Department of Commerce (whose function it is to advertise foreign trade openings for American business men) received a request from Sweden for a monthly...
...first upset of the University Squash Tournament occurred in the first round when C. D. Debevoise '26 the Freshman squash champion defeated F. I. Carpenter '24, a seeded player in straight games 18-13 and 15-10. Although several matches have been played beyond the second round several of the matches of the initial round had not been played by the time limit last night. Channing Wakefield 2L has come through to the fourth round without losing a game and at present, is the only one to have reached that round. Last spring Wakefield won the University Squash Tournament...