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...Gene Venzke, University of Pennsylvania sophomore and crack miler, for the third successive time: the "K. of C." mile, and permanent possession of the Mayor Curley Trophy: at Boston. The race ended farcically because a dreamy official sounded the "last lap" bell one lap too soon, throwing the runners into utter confusion...
Among the honored guests of the University on Saturday was His Honor Ex-Mayor Curley of Boston. Behind this famous gentleman sat Richard M. Russell '14, Mayor of Cambridge. At one point in the game a Harvard player missed a long forward pass, with terrible fumbling. The Mayor of Cambridge leaned forward to the emeritus mayor of Boston and said, slyly, "Even Jim Foley didn't do as badly as that...
...been completely impotent in the past may find itself in the dizzy position of holding the balance of power. The bloc of votes which have meant victory in the past are now split, how closely no one knows. The Innes-Nichols-Goulston group is an excellent match for the Curley-Coakley-Foley combine. Parkman has the record of being a political giant-killer and his experience as a dock foreman combined with political astuteness make him a vote-getter among the working classes. Mansfield points justifiably with pride to his 90-odd thousand votes against Curley last election. Last minute...
That was the main event on the card but what the crowd had really come to see was not the title match but an astounding 302 lb. freak named Frank ("Man Mountain") Dean whom Promoter Curley, always on the lookout for monstrosities, had found last year in Norcross, Ga. Before that, Man Mountain Dean, reared in Manhattan, had been an unsuccessful stevedore, a sparring partner whom Jess Willard used frequently to knock out. When he became a wrestler three years ago, Man Mountain Dean swore that he would not shave until he won the championship. He now has a bushy...
...ceremony will be held in the presence of the Honorable and Reverend Board of Overseers; his Excellency, the Governor of the Commonwealth, Joseph B. Ely; his honor, the Mayor of Boston; James A. Curley; His Honor, the Mayor of Cambridge, Richard M. Russell '14; the President Emeritus, A. Lawrence Lowell; the secretary of the Corporation, Francis W. Hunnewell '02; the Former Fellows of Harvard College; the Reverend Board of Preachers; the Deans of the several faculties; Directors and Curators; the Masters of the Houses; Senior members of the several faculties; and representatives of the graduate students...