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...Term from the card game called Casino. There are 11 points possible in this game (not counting "sweeps"). "Cards" (taking most tricks) counts 3 points. "Spades" (taking most of the suit) counts 1. To "give cards in spades" is, therefore, to give a 36% handicap...
...Business School has a peculiar need for private parking space, as no parking is allowed in the drive of the Business School grounds, nor on Memorial Drive between the School and the Charles River. Another handicap to parking is an ordinance forbidding the parking of cars on North Harvard street, between the Business School and the Stadium...
...handicap fall pole vault, held yesterday afternoon, F. B. Clark '28, who had been entered at scratch, cleared 12 feet and won the event. C. E. Dunlap '30 cleared a fraction under 11 feet, and with a one foot handicap, took second honors. R. R. Impink '28, with a nine-inch handicap, and F. V. Weeks '30, with a 15-inch handicap, both totalled 11 feet nine inches and tied for third...
With the completion of the sprint, jumping, and hurdle events yesterday afternoon, the annual fall handicap track meet got under way. The distance events will be run this afternoon, while the field events will not be held until after the close of the football season...
...injury, E. F. Clark '28, was unable to make the trip. J. F. Carr '28, who was also suffering from a leg injury, played most of the game under a severe handicap, while Reid Ryan '28, right halfback, sprained his ankle before the game, and was able to play for only a part of the first period. While the Williams team played through the entire game without substitution, there were numerous shifts in the University lineup. Bernard Barnes '30 took the place of Clark, at right halfback; W. J. Salmon '30, who started the game at goal, was shifted...