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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ability to box with Muldoon, ride with W. S. Hart and eat anything. Oratory, colorful yet dignified, a pleasing compromise between the stilted phraseology of Webster and the poetic nights of Prentiss. Ethnology, Scotch-English- Irish-German, the united product of grandparents named McGregor, Lee, O'Brien and Schurz. Public Record, after business and farming success, terms as Governor, United States Senator, Cabinet officer, Ambassador and the author of textbooks on world economics. Habits, excellent; a moderate drinker before 1917, but dry as a bone ever since; a fairly regular churchgoer. Family, the same wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ideal | 6/30/1924 | See Source »

Harvard 1927 Brown 1927 Durani l.f. s.s. Good Bennett c.f. 2b. Jawarick Zarakov 3b. 1b. Scribner Howard s.s. c. Pemberton Ullman 2b. r.f. Mabie Tobin 1b. 3b. Brown Hamlen r.f. l.f. Douglas Duchin c c.f. O'Brien Gates p. p. McGeeney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1927 NINE DUE FOR ANOTHER STRUGGLE IN TODAY'S GAME | 5/21/1924 | See Source »

Other Williams dependable are Captain O'Brien; a brilliant fielding third baseman; Buck, center fielder for four years and lead-off man in the batting order; and fisher, hard hitting right field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REJUVENATED NINE MEETS PURPLE TODAY | 5/20/1924 | See Source »

Captain O'Brien is Brilliant Fielder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REJUVENATED NINE MEETS PURPLE TODAY | 5/20/1924 | See Source »

Both fisher and Captain-O'Brien were out of the line-up with injuries for a month this spring, and the Purple had an unimpressive early record. The team has come into its own in the past fortnight, however, and Clement handed New York University a 4 to 0 shut-out last-Saturday. The New Yorkers had been most successful up to that time numbering among their victories a 5 to 3 triumph over Yale. However, Williams was beaten by Boston College Yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REJUVENATED NINE MEETS PURPLE TODAY | 5/20/1924 | See Source »

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