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...record of earnings for the 19th and 20th Centuries in England and the U. S. has been one of alternating gains and losses. Hence he predicts: "If we do not have better fortune or manage better in the future than we have managed in the past, the recent spurt in wages will trail off, and after a time give way to a slow relapse, later to be followed by fresh advance...
...Even the greatest golfer in the world must have a bad round now and then, and in any tournament where five days of 18-hole matches lead up to a 36-hole final chances are high that one of Jones's mediocre rounds will coincide with a spurt of brilliance by some opponent. Short matches have bothered Jones badly enough in the U. S. amateur, in which only the highest 32 qualifiers are allowed to start. In the British Amateur there is no medal play elimination and the winner may be someone who, whether a good or middling golfer...
...daily practice the University eight, stroked by F. F. Colloredo-Mansfeld '32, has continued its pre-race showing by consistently leading the Jayvee and third boats in short heats. For all crews, the week has been devoted chiefly to rowing long stretches varied with an occasional spurt of five or six minutes...
...raise its stroke it is probable that the Princeton time of 9:25, made a year ago, might have been equalled. The stroke, however, had been instructed to keep to a steady 31 up until the last minute of the race, when the crew's work in the final spurt showed superior power. The seating was as follows...
Staging a decisive spurt in the last two and a half minutes of play, Worcester Academy's basketball team defeated the Harvard Freshmen yesterday, 42 to 30, at Worcester...