Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter of fact, that "bookie" was over pessimistic. New Hampshire is a fine, smooth-working unit that did unexpectedly well against Dartmouth a week ago, but the Crimson on paper at least, has every reason for coming out on top in tomorrow's fray. But the significance of that bet remains: Harvard football is "on the skids" as far as the spectator is concerned, and the only thing that can stop it from sliding into a season of shame is a victory over Eli Yale. Thus it is that Eddie Casey is already concentrating all his efforts and those...
...notable fact: They came under Federal regulation and lived to tell the tale. There are today 616 Stock Exchange firms, only five less than on Jan. 1, only 49 less than at the 1930 peak. There are still 1,375 members of the Exchange, and they still like to bet on football games...
...point of service, none other than Harold Lloyd in "The Cat's Paw," a production adapted from a tale by Robert Louis Stevenson's modern counterpart in honesty, Clarence Buddington Kelland. The other propitiatory offering is a newcomer to the screen, but one on whom the Playgoer would bet his last and bottom dollar. She is Helen Trenholme, appearing with Warren William in "The Case of the Howling...
...ending to his story presented difficulties. People were beginning to feel that the government was spending millions with no carefully-constructed plan. They were laying labor unrest at the door of the NRA; higher food prices to the AAA. In short, recovery does not seem so sure a bet as it did a short time ago. What is more natural than that Harvard with its conservative leanings should take up its conservative leanings should take up its beliefs again...
...beginning of the year to offer greatest possibilities of any part of the squad, is now giving Casey and his assistant Myles Lane, lots of food for thought. Defensively such men as Don Jackson have filled the bill entirely, but offensively Freddy Moseley seems to be the only sure bet for gains both by ground and air. The backfield definitely needs a lot more punch for its approaching series of hard games. One source of power that hasn't been tapped is the minute one of 157 pound Bill Parquette, who hasn't had much chance to prove his reputation...