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...Jumping Frog Jubilee. For Calaveras County miners the jubilee, inspired by Mark Twain's fabulous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," is the sports event of the year. On Angels Camp's main street thronged 35,000 spectators, including overdressed cinema celebrities to watch the two-day classic. The rules: 1) three jumps to a frog, the total distance to count as official; 2) each frog might be shaken thoroughly to discover if he had been fed buckshot to hold him down...
Handicapped by capsizing of Fulham's boat while jibing around the second mark in a wild eighth race, two entries from the newly-formed Harvard Yacht Club came in sixth in a field of seven at the two-day Intercollegiate Regatta for the Henry Adams Memorial Trophy at Tech Saturday afternoon and yesterday...
...York University swordsmen: the Intercollegiate Fencing Association three-weapon team trophy. No. 1 collegiate fencing honor; for the fourth successive year; placing first in the sabre event, second in foils and second in epée; winning 73½ bouts out of 99 in the two-day, twelve-college round robin; in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Astor, New York City. Runner-up was Yale, with 69½ victories. Navy finished third with 66, Army fourth with...
...something of a tycoon, Frank Howell decided to organize other Bronzeville bigwigs, hold a two-day Exposition of Negro Business for the double purpose of spurring Negro business and arranging a program to fight "fleecing" by whites. So last week to the shabby 8th Regiment Armory trooped no less than 110,000 Negroes to watch fashion shows, finger fancy caskets, see demonstrations of pressing the kink out of Negro hair, listen to church choirs and hot bands, munch free handouts or purchase raffle tickets from the 75 booths. No Negro gathering is complete without Joe Louis...
...Student members will also take part in a two-day student forum as part of the program...