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Besides general tendencies, the local conditions in Massachusetts as well affect our election. A contest for the nomination of Governor usually weakens a candidate, but in the present instance, however, the attack in the primaries brought out the Governor's personality in a manner which tended in certain directions to strengthen rather than weaken him in public opinion...
...first few innings it looked as if it would be a battle from the mound but soon the Huntington infield began to weaken and the Crimson runners took every advantage of their opponents' errors. A home run by Cooper in the seventh and a two-base hit by Keegan in the eighth were the other factors responsible for the victory...
...scrimmage yesterday was featured by the excellent team work of the forward players, but it was not until ten minutes of scrimmaging that the attack was able to weaken the Melrose defence. Then Owen went past the secondary line and scored the first point on an individual drive...
...close of the first period in the Arena struggle the score stood 1-1 with neither team showing any signs of weakening. The second period opened with the Crimson players still breaking up the Toronto attack time after time in excellent fashion. About the middle of this session, however, the University appeared to weaken momentarily as Carson, Wright, and Hudson, the invading forwards, swept irresistably down upon the Crimson net, tallying four times before the whistle blew. At the very start of the last period Carson shot the final goal and from then on the Crimson defense stiffened and held...
Although the loss of McLeish will weaken the team to some extent, it will not be extremely serious, for Coach Wachter has on hand a large group of substitute forwards, all of whom are but slightly below the standard of the first team...