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...Wesleyan five for the greater part of the first half, the University basketball team forged ahead to swamp the Middletown team 41 to 24, in a swift and hard fought game on the Hemenway court last night. A few minutes before the close of the first period a sudden spurt brought the University quintet into the lead, the half ending...
Italy-Dalmatia. Not only were Naples and Sicily snowmantled, not only did Vesuvius and Mount Etna spurt red ashes into a white storm; but the cold grew so intense in Dalmatia-across the Adriatic Sea from Italy-that the surface of a minor mountain range contracted, causing severe landslides near Spalato...
Watts and Norton were abreast for half of the course, when Watts began to pull ahead. Parker, in a final spurt, brought his crew from several lengths back up to within a length of the second crew...
...three-mile (three-quarters) mark, Stroke Eric Lambert raised the beat in the Columbia boat, killed California in a mighty struggle. Then along came the giants from Washington, thrashing down the turgid current almightily. But the youngsters from Columbia, averaging 19 years in age, had something left-an unbelievable spurt that Washington failed to catch by three-quarters of a boat-length. It was Columbia's first victory in the intercollegiate four-mile regatta since 1914. The winning time, 20 min., 57 sec., was slower than had been made at Poughkeepsie since the original race...
...week he saw a Yale varsity crew meet its first defeat under his coaching. Princeton, after five years of unimpressive rowing, conquered Mr. Leader's men by taking the lead soon after the start and keeping it. Just before the last quarter-mile of the race a Yale spurt gained, but Princeton reached the finish line with a quarter of a length to spare...