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Bradenton, Fla., March 12 -- The world champion St. Louis Cardinals took a 9 to 6 decision from the Philadelphia Phillies here today, but the Phils had the satisfaction of knocking Jerome "Dizzy" Dean out of the box in the fourth inning...
Every Mayor of New York City is a doughty champion of Jews. Last week like a pudgy panther Fiorello ("Little Flower") LaGuardia let himself go to 2,000 members and guests of the Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress who had as guest of honor obliging Professor Albert Einstein.* "The indignation of the American people," cried Mayor LaGuardia, "cannot be traded for commerce! And therefore, Dr. Einstein, our attitude is in keeping with the best traditions of our republic. The purpose of the boycott is a protest against an arrogant, bigoted, cruel Government...
...Brown, who hopes to clear 14 ft. 6 in. before he graduates next June, is the latest addition to an extraordinary line of Yale pole-vaulters who, starting with Thomas Shearman in 1888, have since won the intercollegiate championship 20 times. Recent Yale pole-vaulters, like Sabin Carr, Olympic champion in 1928, and his contemporary Fred Sturdy, owe their success less to the New Haven climate than to the most famed of all the vaulters who preceded them, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Olympic champion in 1908. Gilbert's study of pole-vaulting over 30 years has raised the sport...
...professional bouts. Merciless in the ring, he dislikes watching fights because their brutality gives him insomnia, makes him sick. His ambition is to organize his nine brothers and sisters, all musically inclined, into a jazz band in which he can play banjo and clarinet. Before his fight with Champion Ross, he plans a "warmup bout" with ex-Champion Tony Canzoneri...
Having won the Intramural championship, the Eliot House league A squash team will travel to New Haven this Saturday to meet the champion Eli college...