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...passing of the battleship; the coming of the aeroplane" often affirmed (and equally often denied) is again to be put to the test. The Virginia and the New Jersey, 17-year-old greybeards of the navy, will bear the brunt of the experiment. During the last two weeks of August the vessels will be taken out, off the Virginia Capes, and army aviators from Langley Field will do their best to make that spot the graveyard...
...baseball team faces the University of Maine in the twelfth game of the season. Coach Slattery will probably start Spalding on the mound, although there is a chance that he will hold the latter in reserve for the Bowdoin game on Wednesday, in which case Cordingley will take the brunt of the work. Larrabee, who received a slight injury in last Saturday's contest as the result of a foul tip, will probably not be back in his position behind the bat today, but will surely be ready for Wednesday's game...
...weeks on account of illness. O'Hearn, the star of the team, will be at right defense with Vaughan, who has recently taken Sargent's place at left defense, as his running mate. Jenkins, who has been an unusually steady performer this year, will bear the brunt of the Crimson attack at goal...
...Yale attack, while O'Hearn, who has been the star of the team at right defense, is sure to continue his aggressive and brilliant work. Captain Bulkley, at left wing, adds considerable strength to the Yale forward line, while Jenkins, a stellar performer in the cage, will bear the brunt of the Crimson attack. Vaughan has recently been shifted to take Sargent's place at left defense and has been working out very well with O'Hearn...
...powerful Princeton combination and to clinch the annual series with a 1-0 victory at the Arena last night. Time and again the speedy Tiger forwards swept down deep in the Crimson territory raining shots at Bigelow, but with flawless precision he turned them away. Repeatedly the brunt of the attack fell upon his shoulders and there were times when a score from a scrimmage seems imminent but he always managed to relieve the situation momentarily with a brilliant performance...