Word: desperado
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...announced exclusively in yesterday's CRIMSON, "Smiling Sam" Hall, the New Jersey desperado, will be the prima donna of the occasion. The futile attempts of the candidates to find his delivery will add zest to the scene. We refrain from mentioning the infield, as we do not want to make the Braves feel badly. The outfield will be under all the flies and above all reproach...
Despite its unevenness, the play is original and diverting, and it seems that with a little rewriting it should prove a "popular success." The second act in which MacFarland is captured by the daughter of the western sheriff,in turn captures a genuine desperado, then is put to bed with him while the young lady sits watching with a rifle in her hands, is farce of the best sort...