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Michigan is a state that has voted dry by substantial majorities several times since 1916. Previous to that it was rapidly becoming dry by local option. Senator Couzens virtually threw his gauntlet in the face of this sentiment by declaring that 5% beer was neither worse nor more intoxicating than tea or coffee...
...solemn ceremony at which the tablet was unveiled to the memory of the great American Ambassador. . . . There is a date of supreme importance to the calendar of Anglo-Sax-ondom more recent than that of Independence Day, and it is that one on which America entered the War and threw herself into the struggle for right and justice...
...navy on the American plan. Yet Yale and Harvard stuck to Guy Nickalls, Heber Howe, their various associates, and the styles of the English Thames. Last year Yale went a thousand miles in the opposite direction and summoned Ed Leader, coach from the State of Washington. Leader promptly threw overboard British theories, stroke, rigging. He developed an eight which defeated Pennsylvania, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard. Rowing veterans declared his varsity crew, which Harvard trailed by seven lengths, was one of the great eights of 56 years of racing on the New London Thames. His Freshman and Junior varsity crews...
...University started the scoring in the third inning when Keegan hit strongly for a single and was advanced to second on Young's hit. Clark, however, hit weakly to Pond who threw to third, retiring Keegan. Thayer coming up next drove out a fast liner that brought Young in and advanced Clark to third. Jenkins brought him in on a deep sacrifice...
...Crimson batters started well when Jenkins' long two bagger brought Clark in for the opening score. Gordon, however, had been put out and Captain White caught Owen's screaming line drive over short stop and threw to Loud, doubling Jenkins off second. In the last half of the inning the Tufts batsmen found easy work and after scoring three runs and sending Herrman to the showers, they finished the good work and effectually nailed the lid on the Crimson chances by collecting four more tallies off Bemis...