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...Rickard (promoter of the Dempsey -Willard, Firpo -Willard, Dempsey-Firpo fights) laughed at the new promoters with indifferent scorn. He said they could not pos-sibly make money if they gave $500,000 to the fighters. He calculated that $600,000 would be the maximum receipts under most favorable circumstances, whereas expenses, including the $500,000 would approach, if not exceed, $1,000,000. Mr. Raymond is figuring on $2,000,000 receipts...
...original assertion that 20 years will be added to the average span of life in the next half century, and that the time is near when it will be "a crime" to die under 75 years of age from diabetes, Bright's disease, the cardiac vascular diseases and pos-sibly cancer. Dr. Leonard Williams, London specialist, recently made a similar statement, setting up 120 years as man's probable goal. It is true that the span of life in the United States has increased approximately 15 years since public health work was introduced...
...amputated, an operation to which she submitted with spirits unimpaired. She died cheerfully, jesting with those about her, discussing the details of her burial. She had always been fascinated by the idea of death. Among the fantastic tales centering about her is one of a skull in her pos session inscribed with verses by Vic tor Hugo. Another is of a coffin lined with faded letters, rose-petals and other symbols of her reminiscence, in which she slept from time to time. Little beyond rumor is known of her love affairs. She herself used a horsewhip on a rival...
NameClass Pos. Age Wgt. Hgt. Prep. School A. B. Harlow 1925 Back 20 170 6. Groton J. M. Hartley 1923 End 24 161 5.8 Episcopal High K. N. Hill 1924 End 19 170 5.11 Roxbury Latin A. L. Hobson 1924 Tackle 20 188 6.2 Exeter D. S. Holder 1924 End 21 185 6. St. Mark's C. Hubbard 1924 Guard 20 195 6.2 Milton J. P. Hubbard 1925 Tackle 19 187 6.1 Milton Percy Jenkins 1924 End 22 168 5.9 Mercersburg F. K. Kernan 1924 Center 19 185 6.2 Milton P. B. Kunhardt 1923 Guard 23 185 6. Groton...
...Name and Pos. G. A.B R. H. Av. P.O. A. R. Av. Conlon s.s 22 76 23 29 .380 47 68 11 .909 Lincoln, 8b 22 90 25 28 .311 31 48 3 .961 Owen, 1b 22 68 23 21 .308 286 4 3 .987 Janin, l.f. 21 76 15 28 .302 33 1 1 .971 Gordon, r.f 21 63 15 18 .285 28 8 0 1.000 Jenkins, 2b 19 71 19 20 .281 28 28 48 5 .938 'Hallock, c.f. 22 77 18 21 .272 56 3 3 .951 'Murphy...