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When the Amethyst got back to England, Simon was interned for the regulation six months' quarantine required of animals entering the country, but his grateful nation had not forgotten him. Reporters from far & wide came to see and photograph the solemn hero, and he was promised the Dickin Medal* for heroic animals, to be awarded by London's Lord Mayor on his release...
...Created in 1943 by Britain's People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, to honor animal bravery in the armed forces, and named for the dispensary's founder, Maria Elizabeth Dickin...
...seniors and freshmen played the first game for the class championship yesterday afternoon on Jarvis Field, and the former had little difficulty in winning. Minton was taken out at the end of the second inning and Dickin son pitched the rest of the game. Although ten hits were made off him, he was steady and showed considerable speed, and satisfied the onlookers that he was the best pitcher that had as yet represented the freshman team. Corbett backed him up well and the team played a good uphill game, but were handicapped by the heavy batting of the senior team...
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