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...curtailment of U. S. participation in Oxford sports (since most Rhodes Scholars are 22 or so when they enter), in the hope that if Americans were out of the running, more young British athletes might be attracted to Oxford rather than Cambridge. But still Oxford continued its unparalleled losing streak. Last week the 1926 rule was rescinded...
...Brooklyn "Robins" (National League): 11 straight games (longest winning streak this season in either league); putting them in first place, six points ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and ten points ahead of the Chicago Cubs...
Both teams in today's tilt have mediocre records. Harvard has won only one game out of the last seven played while Tufts has had only one victory to its credit since the first of May. It began the season with a long winning streak, pinning defeats on Northeastern. Lowell Textile, Brown, Bates, Bowdoin, and Boston University. It then went down before B. U. in the return game. Holy Cross was its next opponent and the Crusaders had an easy time of it, romping off with the game. Since then the Jumbos have lost to Springfield. New Hampshire, Boston College...
...have bothered Jones badly enough in the U. S. amateur, in which only the highest 32 qualifiers are allowed to start. In the British Amateur there is no medal play elimination and the winner may be someone who, whether a good or middling golfer, happens to have a long streak of luck. The excitement was to see who would put Jones out, as in previous years. Anxious to be on hand when this happened, prodigious crowds swarmed over St. Andrews day after day. People pushed each other into ponds and bunkers.* Stewards shouted and waved red flags. Three times...
...Freshmen and combination eights, the former unchanged in seating, A. H. Parker '32 stroking the latter, paddle to the three mile limit during the morning workout, Coach Haines giving careful attention to the boat which he hopes will continue its winning streak by taking the Eli first year men into camp on June 20. The combination is making excellent progress, the recent shift not having been made so late as to hinder development...