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Starting off as a dull match, the one between G. H. Nawn '32 and D. P. Ketcham '32 quickly developed into a regular slugfest. Neither man used much footwork, but both closed in and exchanged heavy body pokes. At the end of the third round Nawn was a mass of red welts, but still unconquered despite the fearful punishment he had taken. The match went to an extra period, where Nawn, rallying valiantly, overwhelmed Ketcham for the victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRELIMINARIES OF TOURNEY PROVIDE GORY SPECTACLE | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

President Hoover last week ordered out of commission the U.S.S. Mayflower to save $300,000 annual maintenance and to send nine officers and 148 men back to regular naval duty. Scotch built in 1896, she was purchased by the U.S. from the estate of Ogden Goelet for $480,000 for Spanish War service. President Roosevelt first used her as an official yacht, as did all his successors. President Hoover is no yachtsman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Yachts | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...Honduras or any other tropical country, army ants might have been used for the rat eradication. These insects travel in regular columns and with horrifying voracity eat every living thing in their paths−insects, mice, rats, snakes, even humans. Natives welcome the ants' arrival to their homes, merely moving out until the ants eat up all the household pests and march...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rats, Ants, Snakes | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

Because of the Harvard-Yale-Cambridge-Oxford meet, which takes place in the Stadium on July 13, there will be no southern trip this year. The first regular outdoor competition on the Crimson schedule is the Penn Relays on April 26 and 27, in which Harvard will enter teams for the mile, four-mile, and possibly the 440-yard relay contests. A few sprinters, weightmen, and hurdlers may also go down to this meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN START DRIVE ON MONDAY | 3/30/1929 | See Source »

...next intercollegiate clash at Cambridge will be with Dartmouth, only a week before the Yale contest on May 25, Nine weeks after the official opening of the Harvard season comes the annual I. C. 4 A. meet at Philadelphia on May 31 and June 1, which completes the regular schedule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN START DRIVE ON MONDAY | 3/30/1929 | See Source »

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