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...there is a moral to this timely tale. For those whose interest in College activities was momentarily overcome Wednesday night by previous engagements, the welcome mat will be out Monday at 7:30 o'clock (1930, Navy time...
...construction for Pacific Constructors, Inc., the big moment had come four months before, when the Sacramento River began a regulated flow through outlet valves on the dam's broad, sloping downstream face. "That meant we had the river licked," said Crowe. "Pinned down, shoulders right on the mat. Hell, that's what we came up here...
...came to the U.S. first. As a newsboy, dishwasher and bartender, he soon earned enough to send for the others. He settled Spyros into a job as bus boy in St. Louis' Planters' Hotel. They soon saved enough to buy a nickelodeon and a second-hand wrestling mat. They made money running the movie nights and kept fit by wrestling in the mornings. Charlie shucked off persistent film salesmen with the challenge: "I'll rassle you three minutes, and if I don't make you unconscious I'll buy the film...
...equipment is British-made, and the best. A bat costs $18. Batting gloves are $5 a pair, kneepads $10. The ball costs $5. Because the fields are not surfaced for cricket, each team has to bring its own 20-yd.-long fiber mat ($75 apiece) to cover the pitch (bowling area). The supply of balls is running low, but a shipment from Britain is expected to ease the situation...
...Poor leadership is the major cause for the Army's weakness in morale, in training, in matériel and in tactics...