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...Grand American Handicap, No. 1 trapshooting event of the year; with 25 breaks in a row in the shoot-off, to 23 for 17-year-old Ned Lilly of Stanton, Mich., U. S. Junior Champion, after both had broken 98 out of 100; at Vandalia, Ohio. ¶All-star footballers representing the Midwest: a game against the Pacific Coast, coached by Howard Jones of the University of Southern California, with seven of his last year's team in the lineup; 13 to 7, largely because of a brilliant performance by Michigan's Harry Newman, who returned punts...
Aged 39. fatter than he used to be and nearing the end of the most amazing career in baseball history. Babe Ruth now can be sure of performing his homerun specialty only on great occasions. Such an occasion presented itself last week in Chicago where all-star teams representing the National and American Leagues played what was advertised as "The Game of the Century." Ruth came to bat in the third inning. Pitcher Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals, wild in the second inning when the American League scored its first run. had already given Detroit's Gehringer...
Proudest boast of MGM was that Greta Garbo had returned to Hollywood after all, signed a new contract, and was ready to start her next picture (Queen Christina). Also signed up for one prizefight picture was Heavyweight Challenger Max Baer. Still addicted to all-star casts, MGM was ready to release Dinner at Eight which contains almost every performer on the lot except John Barrymore's macaw. RKO promised Sinclair Lewis' Ann Viewers. It would also tackle Of Human Bondage, Somerset Maugham's long-neglected but deeply moving story of a cripple. Fox announced it had bought...
...theory by which Messrs. Noble of Life Savers, the Brothers Bristol of Bristol-Myers and H. Smith Richardson of Vick stayed with their companies (and joined Drug Inc.'s directorate), was that they knew best how to operate their own companies. Drug Inc. was to become an all-star team of drug manufacturers each continuing to play with all the skill that had made him a star-and mutual support was to make them better than ever. Last week's decision meant but one thing: that mutual support was no longer considered as great an asset as independence...
...their theme song "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" by saying "Let's all say a prayer so they [the records] will sell, baby." If Fields & McHugh's prayer is answered, Brunswick will revive music from other oldtime shows, similarly performed by expensive, all-star casts...