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...tricky batting order problem. The big right-hander has moved into Captain Lupien's fourth place on the batting roster, and has kept himself from sinking back into the pitcher's traditional tail-end position by virtue of his fine hitting at critical moments. Devens is the Crimson first string twirler, and has therefore been saved for the heavier Saturday games in the past. Instead of sitting on the bench during the week he has been playing in centre field for Gleason, who is laid up with an infected heel. If Devens should make his midweek pitching debut today...
...while its opponents are given 23 goals. There is little chance of a Crimson victory, especially as the Blue aggregation is bringing its own poles down for the occasion. Harvard has already succumbed to P.M.C., 16-2, and to Princeton, 15-7, while Yale has run up an easy string of victories over its various opponents, defeating P.M.C., 11-2, and Princeton...
Mechanically, "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" is well done. In a lesser man, one would be induced to charge that the book was little more than an excuse to string together, with as much continuity as possible, numerous interesting stories. But Lawes reveals himself the master of a racy, journalistic style, which admits gracefully the predominance of illustration by anecdote. The one fault of the book is small but glaring; the ghoulishly sensational description of an electrocution, inserted as a prologue, is neither necessary nor illuminating. One prefers to believe that it can be blamed on the publishers. Aside...
...basic Free State income tax rate from three shillings and sixpence in the pound to five shillings (25%). Next he asked the Dail's leave to take 25% of the Irish Hospital's profits in their famed sweep- stakes. Thirdly he proposed a whole string of tariff uppings. Finally he asked leave to spend an extra $367,000 to give jobs to Ireland's unemployed under the Housing...
With an impressive string of victories to its credit, the University team stands a good chance of duplicating the record of last year's netmen, having lost only the match with North Carolina. After defeating the Crimson team 6-3, the Tarheels won a decisive 8-1 victory at New Haven on the following...