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Hale old men with the bodies of boys, hale old men with the minds of children, grand seigneurs, curmudgeons in every condition of physical decay, Paunch, Thin-Shank, Webfoot Waddle-Duck, and erect, haughty old men with life's ensign still crimson in their cheeks, journeyed to the Apawamis Club in Rye N. C., to play in the annual U. S. Seniors golf tournament Among them were famed lawyers and financial figures, a retired rear admiral,* the president of a great insurance company?; they played, each according to his fashion, around the Apawamis course. There were inumerable prizes?...
Engaged. Samuel Lewis Shank, famed Mayor of Indianapolis, to Mrs. Eva Findley of Kendallville...
...corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must be a gentle exhibition) to surge about the ring demanding satisfaction. Their Mayor, Lew Shank, clambered to the platform threatening jail for boxers and promoters if ten rounds were not fought. Firpo reconsidered, toyed with Downey for three rounds. Then he remembered his deficit and forgot the state law against roughness. He pounded Downey into a state of collapse, and. vowing legal vengeance upon false Jack Druley...
...choir sang the following selections: "I will Greatly Rejoice" by Cruick-shank; "The Lord is My Shepherd," Smart; "How Beautiful," Stainer...
...Balliet '92, and Hagerman, L. S., who has had two years' experience in the Cornell boat. Other candidates are Ely '91, 179; Kidd '92, 173; Treadwell '93 S., 150; Polk '94, 168; Hume '92, 163; Galaudet '93. 159; Perkins '94, 161; Paine '94, 187; Furbish '94, 164; and Shank...