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...result of the toss for courses in the five races of the regatta held yesterday at the Yale quarters, Captain Ladd called the turn on the coin five times straight against Captain Pelley of Yale. In addition to getting the choice for the combination and "gentlemen's" races yesterday afternoon, the Harvard captain got the pick of positions for the University, Junior, and Freshman races. The crews will line up as follows in the races today: East West Course Course Freshman at 9.45 Yale Harvard Seconds at 10.15 Yale Harvard University at 6 Harvard Yale...
...stood the same single old fellow of yore. Nobody had thought of putting on extra help for the wholesale cloak checking. Between these two sources of delay only a few hundred people got into the auditorium. The crowd grew restive, as excitable Italian crowds will. Then two young soldiers straight from the provinces searched a beautiful lady in such fashion that she and her escort grew furious. A fight started, and the crowd got more excited. At this critical moment Toscannini, who pays attention to nothing save his orchestra score, walked down in front of the orchestra, raised his baton...
Gabriele d'Annunzio: " Arriving at a regatta, I found that the committee in charge had provided me with an easy chair but had furnished straight backed chairs for the other guests. Regarding this as a reflection on my age, I hurled the chair bodily into the lake. Now, I discover that the chair was a borrowed antique. The committee must fish...
...Crimson started things off with a rush. Criges was wild at the outset, passing Clark with four straight balls. Gordon flied out to third, Jenkins walked to first, and Owen was hit by a pitched ball. With the bases full, Buell popped up a high fly to the catcher. Then Hammond, who played brilliantly throughout the game, came through with a scratch single to right field, and Clark and Jenkins crossed the plate...
...duplication of the south end. The other plan, which would involve an expenditure of from $300,000 to $500,000, outlines the erection of a considerably larger structure, the inside of which would be curved to correspond to the south end but the outside of which would be straight and would have incorporated within it large locker rooms. The present sides of the Stadium would be extended about 200 feet giving an outside frontage of 141 feet for the locker rooms. If the plan is carried out, the present Locker Building will be given up and converted into a storage...