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...hurt his shoulder, has fit in to the infield so well that he will hold down third base this afternoon and lead the batting order. Zarakov, the versatile Freshman athlete, will be at shortstop, and Gross, who is ready to play again will take care of second. The keystone sack will be held down by Ellison, who played for Andover last year...
...return of Jenkins means that Hill will be moved to third base, his regular position, and the infield will present its most formidable array of the year. Hill's experience and fielding skill give him advantage over Slayton, who has guarded the third sack in all the games thus far. The Sophomore is a stronger hitter, however, on the basis of the showing of both on the spring trip, and he is still decidedly in the running...
...performed this transmorphosis is extremely modest. Irvin S. Cobb, famed humorist, described him by saying: "He likes double- breasted sack coats, large brunette cigars, his friends, chocolate bonbons, his family, the Grand Canyon, two cups of coffee for breakfast, and rhododendrons on his front lawn...
...will have conceived the full force of Miss [Geraldine] Farrar's personality. . . . Indeed the figure with which I started falls short of conveying the full effect of Miss Farrar's presence. ... If I had said, therefore, that the arbour concealed one of those marvelous implements that cut, thrash and sack the grain, all in a single operation, I should have come nearer the ideal description...
...Morgenthau recalled his efforts to deter the Turks from "massacring Christians;" he deplored the fact that Turkey had been put in the position to win the Anatolian War (1921-22) by the transfer of French and Italian arms; he recounted his efforts in Britain at the time of the sack of Smyrna (1922) "to arouse public opinion to go after the Turk;" he concluded his speech with: "We are now witnessing a great struggle between justice and force among the nations. We in America are for justice as against force. America is going to establish justice as the ruling principle...