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...Palm Beach, a speed boat belonging to Gar Wood, famed Detroit sportsman, rushed at high speed along an inland waterway, leaped over the bank onto the land, broke down a tree, buried itself in the underbrush, was wrecked...
...game that each gripping moment promised to bring the thrill of victory, and yet each gave way to another quite as stirring. To the wearers of the Crimson go the honorable laurels of a brave defeat; to the warriors in Blue the sincere congratulations which any true sportsman must extend to the victors of a hard-fought fray. Marking as it did Yale's tenth consecutive major sport victory over Harvard, the men of New Haven may well be proud of last night's achievement and of the athletes who have made possible such a record...
...Chicago. Married. William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, 29, champion pugilist, to Mrs. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor), cinema actress ; in San Diego. In procuring the license, Mr. Dempsey gave his occupation as "business man," Miss Taylor her age as 26 (probable age, 32). Died. Julius Fleischmann, 53, famed philanthropist, sportsman; in Miami, Fla. He dropped dead of heart disease while engaged in a game of polo. Son of Charles Fleischmann, founder of the famed Fleischmann Yeast Co., Mr. Fleischmann was elected Mayor of Cincinnati when he was 28, was reflected for a second term in 1903, was asked...
...result no appealing sportsman-like tradition has been evolved. Such men cast aside the ideal of a wellbalancd life, renounce athletics, social service, a hundred activities--even pleasure--for a selfish desire for classroom preeminence, deny the principle of reciprocity, and never once feel that they owe some self sacrificing service to the college which is doing much for them. Is it any wonder that the first and larger group feels some contempt for this type of student and this kind of scholastic activity...
Died. August Belmont, 71, famed sportsman-financier; in Manhattan, of blood poisoning...