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Failure Figures. Survey of the actual events of the unhappy fortnight indeed indicated that the storm was more sensational than devastating. In hard-hit Arkansas, 64 banks either failed or invoked the State law allowing a five-day suspension. Deposits thus tied up were $35,804,000. But in all Arkansas, as of Dec. 31 last, there were 437 banks with deposits of over...
...year will come a week or ten days after the team steps on the diamond behind the Stadium. In commenting on the first day's turnout Coach Mitchell said: "With the exception of the pitching department the team shows promise of shaping up well this season. We were hard-hit by graduation in this department. I expect to try to make a pitcher out of Lord and the addition of Barbee to the squad will strengthen the hurling corps to a considerable degree...
...State was something of a surprise. Handicapped as he was by an unfamiliar court, it is doubtful if the B. A. A. representative could at any time have defeated the University Captain in the form he flashed today. Powers never knew what to expect as the dazzling succession of hard-hit smashes, drop volleys, and accurate corner shots won point after point for Dixon...
...played a brilliant game for the Crimson by making several spectacular catches that deprived the Purple of apparently sure runs. Buck was the individual star for the visitors, cutting short the University's one opportunity to tie the score in the last of the seventh by scooping up a hard-hit liner by Gordon just before the ball touched the ground...
...nine by the score of 12 to 5. The teams were more evenly matched than the score indicates, but the seconds failed to make use of their opportunities, and time and again were caught off bases. Both teams suffered minor injuries during the game. In the second inning a hard-hit ball bounced poorly for Hanson, the Dean shortstop, and, striking him squarely in the face, broke his nose. He was able to play through the game, however. Fitton, at third for the Crimson, was also hit in the face and had to leave the field, while Hoffman received...