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...stunts in air, with Capt. E. C. D. Herne as her pilot. (Her safety-strap broke during the loop, but she clung with amazing wit and courage to bracing wires, while her body swung outside the plane like a stone twirled on the end of a piece of string.) She was fond of animals, particularly horses and dogs, and one of the tragedies of her life was the death of her favorite borzoi, who jumped thirty feet out of an open window and broke his neck in a vain attempt to reach her side...
...Lord '28, the foremost candidate for the catcher's berth, has been taking his turn regularly behind the bat with a recently-formed first-string infield, made up of R. E. Durkee '29, and J. A. Prior '29 alternating at the first-base position, J. J. Carver '30 at the keystone sack, R. C. Sullivan '28 at shortstop, and G. E. Donaghy '29 at the hot corner...
With the appearance of Captain H. W. Burns '28, who reported for practice yesterday, the entire University squad, with the exception of J. N. Barbee '28, first-string pitcher, Willard Howard '28, another regular on the hurling corps, and J. P. Chase '28, second baseman, is working out in the cage, and having regular batting and infield practice...
...account of the match, for three of the four matches gained by the schoolboys were won by default as the Freshman foilsmen forfeited the matches so that the University clash with Boston University might begin on time. By winning over Andover the Freshmen maintained their record of an unbroken string of victories this season...
Coach E. A. Wachter is looking forward to a victory, nevertheless. The team played consistently, even brilliant at times, against the University of Maine team last Friday, and against Northeastern Wednesday, the first string men made a good showing. The first half was not a true indication of the team's strength, inasmuch as, with the exception of Captain J. N. Barbee '28, the starting lineup consisted of second team material. Neither A. W. Slocum '28 nor H. T. Wenner '30, the two regular forwards, will be able to start because of injuries, although the former wil make the trip...