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...withered nor marriage staled the crisp, brainy golf of Glenna Collett. But this was Van Wie day. Men's par over the short, tricky Salem Country Club course is 72. In the morning Virginia Van Wie shot a 73, putting Mrs. Vare's perfectly respectable 83 eight down. In the afternoon at the 22nd Miss Van Wie sank an eagle 3. At the 27th Mrs. Vare was still nine down. At the 28th, when Mrs. Vare's chip stopped ten feet short and she missed the putt, she conceded Miss Van Wie two putts from four-feet for hole, match...
...beat a famed son of a famed father for the Senate seat of the late William Julius Harris. Nominated (and hence as good as elected) was Democrat Richard Brevard ("Dick") Russell Jr., 34. bachelor Governor whose father is Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Defeated was Charles Robert Crisp, 61, long-time Representative whose late father was Speaker of the House 40 years ago. Representative Crisp, whose heroic efforts to balance the Federal Budget with the 1932 Revenue Act won him wide acclaim, was turned down partly on the charge that, friendly to the "Power Trust," he saddled...
...parodied as follows: Crow, cocks, crow, from sunset until dawn; Yelp, dogs, yelp, in torture unto me; Moo, cows, moo; Croak, frogs, croak; Make life a hell ; 'tis all we ask of thee. Nominee Thatcher was first elected to the House ten years ago. In Georgia, Charles Robert Crisp, Congressman famed for his courageous fight for the sales-tax (TIME, Aug. 8 et ante) fought Governor Richard Brevard Russell Jr., famed as one of 13 living brothers & sisters, for a seat in the U. S. Senate. Mr. Crisp said he would never have run "had I known in advance...
...Yale Literary Magazine, went up to look at Harvard. He visited "Copey," who stared at him and said: "Young man, I trust you are not planning to write any sketches." To an impertinent youth who suggested a headline to describe a fire : "Hollis a Holo caust, Copey a Crisp," he countered, "Nonsense ! 'Copey Crisper Than Ever.' " Once Professor Copeland was nearly at a loss. It was discovered that an old Harvard rule permitted the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric & Oratory to keep a cow in the yard. Young Harvard whooped, dashed out to buy "Copey" a cow, was with...
...tournament, played Walsh in the finals. In California, where he and his brother learned to play on an improvised course between two trees in a meadow, Dutra is known for his steadiness, his diligence on practice tees. His short swing is especially useful on windy days. There was a crisp wind blowing across the Keller course the Sunday of the final but it bothered Walsh as little as it did Dutra. They finished the morning round all even, with 71's. In the afternoon, Walsh went out in 35. Dutra had a 33. When the match ended on the 33rd...