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...zeal, American gamblers have had to bow to only one faction: the reformers. Despite brief flurries of success, reformers have never got far. Jonathan F. Green, "The Reformed Gambler," sparked an antigambling drive in the 19th century and made more money on it than he had on gambling. He was so popular that he often put on three or four shows a night exposing gambling tricks. No one illustrated better what the reformers are up against than a North Carolina gambler named-naturally-Pittsburgh Phil. When the doctor told him that he had only 24 hours to live, Pittsburgh Phil...
Unless Love changes his mind today or tomorrow, the Crimson will feature the following lineup, from bow to stroke: senior Al Hager, junior Art Holcombe, senior Luke Breckinridge, sophomore Nick Bancroft, junior Spencer Borden, sophomore Larry Timpson, junior John Hodges, and Boyden. Senior Jim Rosenstein will...
...draws upon the Homeric epos for characters and situations. At the outset, the great Greek archer, Philoctetes, is languishing in a cave on Lemnos, abandoned by his army because of an infected foot. Odysseus and Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, come to Lemnos to persuade Philoctetes to give them the bow of Heracles. Without it, says the seer Helenus, the Greeks will never capture Troy. After many a stratagem and one deus ex machina, all three embark for Troy with the bow. Sophocles artfully balances these three characters so that at one pole Odysseus represents super-subtlety, and at the other...
Freshmen: bow, S. Griest; 2, R. Keyes; 3, T. Kenny; 4, R. Blose; 5, W. Stephens; 6, R. Hopkins; 7, H. Pollock; stroke, R. Masland; coxswain, E. Washburn...
...futile attempt to extend the winning streak, coach K. C. Chase reshuffled the boating he sent against MIT last week. Ted Wandel again went in the bow position; Jim Miller went in at two; Dudley Harde kept his spot at three; John Richard stayed at four; captain Dave Richards switched from seven to five; Jon French went from two to six, and Francis Blake from five to seven. Tony Goodman stayed at stroke, while Chris Hamilton remained in the coxswain's seat...