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...dawned cloudily; the morning was bright and dour in fits, with little spurts of rain and a rattle of distant thunder like uneasy hoofs. On the sidings of the railroad waited eight and a half miles of Pullman cars. Airplanes were neatly parked near the grandstand. Innumerable financiers, editors, sportsmen, presidential candidates and sharkies, who knew a horse when they saw one, tried to see one, elbowing one another, as 20 nimble three-year-olds paraded to the barrier...
Although the score of the game goes on the records as the customary '23 to 2, the poor sportsmanship of the lampoon, when it discovered the CRIMSON's intention of winning the game by proxy, entitled the gentlemen to a 46 to 2 victory, which like true sportsmen they disdained, for sacred tradition forbids the CRIMSON to win by more than 23 runs...
...Titanic column of brawn astounded sportsmen, last January (TIME, Jan. 19), by downing the mighty Ed ("Strangler") Lewis in Kansas City, thus acquiring the world's heavyweight wrestling championship...
...felts. Those wearing caps wandered about outside the stands or perched like rooks in trees about the course. The Kang was not there nor was the Prince of Wales; but this unusual state of affairs was to some extent remedied by the presence of Lord Derby and other famed sportsmen. Time went on; a bell rang; 33 spry horses came out and began to dance. Suddenly the crowd took a long breath; Lord Derby lifted his binoculars; yoho, they were off, yo frightfully...
Krakovitch, Russel, Rohrback, Adams, Pashman. These names are not famed throughout the U. S. Few sportsmen, if confronted with the name Krakovitch, for example, would know what to make of it. Yet these five athletes have been instrumental in establishing a record for invincibility that has become legendary. They are the this year's members of the Passaic (N. J.) High School Basketball Team which, drilled by its able coach, "Prof." (Ernest A.) Blood, since 1919 won 159 straight games. Last week, they were beaten for the first time in six seasons. They lost a game by 4 points...