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Last week police searched the labyrinthine cellars of the Houses of Parliament for spies, even poked through the ventilating system and set a patrol on the roof. At 2 p.m. workmen and staff employes were sent home, and soon afterward certain brawny nobles staged a regular Rugger scrum for the tiny Peers Gallery. One peer was knocked down, although the Earl of Glasgow had cautioned beforehand: "I do hope your Lordships will manage to conduct yourselves with decorum!" Last measure introduced before the session was scheduled to become secret was The Gas and Steam Vehicles Excise Bill. Too decorous...
...early part of play when Clive McReady, forward of the New York team, was carried from the field with a broken leg. His loss gave the Crimson a big advantage, as rugby rules prevented the New York team from sending in a substitute to fill his position on the scrum line...
Play was pushed vigorously into the visitors' territory during both periods with the Crimson showing superiority along the scrum line. Waters, Cook, and Wesselhoeft played a staunch game at the back positions...
...late dispatch from Wellesley indicated that the girls had undergone a brief warm-up session with the Princeton Country Day School, and that everything seemed in good shape for the scrum in Briggs' Cage on Saturday. The H.A.A. announced that the grapplers would dispense with the usual formalities and begin the three-hour halves promptly at eight. It was warned that the entertainment tax would be higher than usual...
Rugby will be played on Soldiers' Field on Saturday, as the Cambridge team will scrum with the Crimson ruggers. The Cambridge team has just arrived Monday in New York; and will start its schedule at New Haven today...