Word: stillings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fifth annual cable chess match between Oxford and Cambridge, and Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, is still undecided, each side having two and one-half games to its credit. Mr. H. N. Pillsbury, who represented the American team in London, will adjudicate the sixth and deciding game and announce his decision this morning...
...clubs have been slow in developing owing to the fact that they have suffered frequent changes in order. A number of the best men are on probation and for this reason it has been necessary to fill their places with poorer material. Both crews have improved slowly, but are still poor in their watermanship...
...Freshman baseball squad practiced on Soldiers Field yesterday. Some improvement was shown in batting, but the men still have a tendency to swing at bad balls. The fielding work, was not good, as the men are still inaccurate in judging the ball and slow in throwing to the bases. Later, two teams were picked and the first line-up of the season was held. O. G. Frantz '03, who will take entire charge of the Freshmen beginning about April 1, and N. S. Bartlett '03 coached the squad...
...candidates for the track team had regular practice yesterday on Soldiers Field. The track was in good condition considering the wet weather but as the take-offs were still soft, the high-jumpers and pole-vaulters did not practice. The sprinters, hurdlers and quarter-milers practiced starts from the gun, the half-milers ran three laps, the milers six and the two-milers eight. Only a few of the shot-putters and hammer-throwers practiced on account of the soft condition of the field...
...with justice and right, wherever it operates to destroy legal claims, wherever it prevents carrying out an arbitration award, the doctrine must of necessity yield. Yet in arguing for the temporary suspension of the doctrine under the circumstances of our case we are far from advocating its abandonment. We still retain the right to protect South American States when they deserve protection; we can still preserve republican governments when they meet their honest obligations. We shall simply refuels to uphold South American States in shameless irresponsibility and wilful wrongdoing...