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...loved to listen to the stevedores on the Louisiana levees. He also loved a Creole. When she refused to make an honest man of him, he started Leaves of Grass. (He thought "Leaves" sounded better than "Blades"' but the printer didn't.) He wove the names of a string of box cars upon a broad broken page, "caught the rhythm and made it more rhythmical." He was to spend the rest of his life rewriting Leaves of Grass...
...teams were the same as those of the scrimmage on Monday, the Army team and the Navy team. The play lasted over an hour. In the first two quarters the first string outfits battled, while during most of the last half, the remaining members of each squad participated. Several spectacular plays were made including two long punts and several runs. The Navy team came from behind during the second quarter and managed to score a goal after a long march down the field. The first teams of each squad lined up as follows...
Harvard evened the count in the first chukker but Essex held throughout the second and early part of the third. In the final period J. P. Cotton '29 and W. B. White '28 broke through the Essex defense for a string of scores...
...first string infield, as it has lined up in practice, is made up entirely of veterans. John Prior '29 has thus far won the first call to hold down first base, while J. P. Chase '28 is stationed at the second sack. R. C. Sullivan '28 and Captain H. W. Burns '28 have been alternating at shortstop, although the latter will resume his regular post in center field as soon as the squad gets outside the cage, G. E. Donaghy '29, another veteran, has been assigned to third base...
...idea of the men who may break into the first string inner circuit may be gleaned from the men now being used in the second infield. R. R. Durkee '29 is on the initial sack, with W. L. Elkins '29 and J. J. Carver '30 fighting it out for second base. E. T. Putnam '29 and Kay Miyakawa '29 are the leading contestants for short stop, while A. G. Whitney '29 is at the hot corner...