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Time's Nick. In De Witt County, ILL., Farmer Carle Walker insured his crops against damage by hail. Twenty minutes later a hailstorm destroyed his corn and soybeans...
...possibility that Fitzgibbons will not have had enough practice to play, Coach Floyd Stahl will start his first string. VARSITY LINEUPS HARVARD YALE O'Donnell, cf ss, Carton Waldstein, p p, Harrison Harvey, 2b 1b, Whelan Fitzgibbons, 1b rf, Goodspeed Barnes, rf 3b, Heath Callanan, c 2b, Witt Clay, lf lf, Walsh Drake, ss cf, Pope Whittemore, 3b c, White
HARVARDYALE O'Donnell, cf ss, Carton Waldstein, p p, Harrison Harvey, 2b 1b, Whelan Fitzgibbons, 1b rf, Goodspeed Barnes, rf 3b, Heath Callanan, c 2b, Witt Clay, lf lf, Pope Drake, ss cf, Walsh Whitemore, 3b c, White
Most of the town's physicians took refuge in the city jail, where Governor George Clinton (uncle of De Witt) protected them by ordering out the militia (18 armed men). Statesmen John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, who tried to calm the mob, were stoned. So was Baron von Steuben, who, while pleading with the Governor not to use force, got hit by a brickbat and fell bleeding to the street. Changing his mind about pacifism, he cried: "Fire, Governor, fire!" At the first volley five people were killed, seven or eight wounded...
...FRANCISCO--Lt. Gen. John L. De Witt today announced the Oregon State-Duke University Rose Bowl game and the Shrine East-West charity game, both scheduled for New Year's Day, have been canelled for military reasons...