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...coaches confab out in Texas, Harlow and Snavely got together over the wire the other evening and drew out an agreement--a gentleman's agreement. It had to do with the new substitution rule and each one agreed that he would not take advantage of the new "free-sub" decision to pull off one of the old sleeper plays...
Before that summer was over, the U-boats had sunk 100 ships (200,000 tons) by gun, bombs, mine and torpedo. Cruising within sight of the lights of Staten Island, one sub hove to on three different nights and cut transatlantic and Central American telegraph cables. The Germans mined the mouths of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, laid other fields off Barnegat and Long Island. One of the mines smashed a hole in the battleship Minnesota, which limped into port, was laid up for the duration. Another mine sank the U.S. cruiser San Diego a few miles off Long Island...
...clear weather, the eight-man crew of a modern blimp once spotted a submarine 90 feet below the surface. Crews from Lakehurst daily practice following sharks and whales, occasionally give them a practice bomb. Other blimp virtues: they can stay in the air about 50 hours, can follow a sub without having to circle, as an airplane must, can fly below the ceiling in all but the worst kind of weather. In patrols and practice with surface ships off the coast, Lakehurst's men daily demonstrate these capabilities...
...kicks placements and illustrated on last year's field goal that he is effective on place kicks up to 20 yards. Reports from Philadelphia have had Davis benched with a "tender" shoulder for the past few days, but it is safe to say that he and not the Sophomore sub, Jack Nolan, will be in there when the starting whistle blows...
...idea of self-service was brought up, voted on, and rejected. Then, on May 26, the Student Council voted 60 to 30 per cent in favor of a universal rate. It was feared, however, that this was not a sufficiently strong majority to warrant action by the Master's Sub-Committee on Board Rates, until Dean Hanford announced the new plan on June...