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...gang of blackmailers. Under famed Managing Editor Oliver Kirby ("O. K.") Bovard, who retired two years ago, the Post-Dispatch tore into municipal corruption whenever it could be found, in 1937 won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing election frauds. Last week the Post-Dispatch was again in the fray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Contempt of Court | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

...were going to put up a real fight before being toppled from their throne. Princeton's last move was a 1 to 1 tie with Yale (probably on about a par with Harvard), but the Vaughanmen should rate a slight edge over Clark Hodder's squad in tonight's fray. The tie with Yale was not necessarily a letdown for the Tigers; the Elis have been dogged with costly injuries throughout the first part of their schedule, and their opponents have been anything but soft touches. They too, will be primed for the Harvard encounters...

Author: By Donold Peddia, | Title: What's His Number? | 2/17/1940 | See Source »

...ejected on personal fouls after but 16 minutes of play, carried far too many offensive guns for the small Feslermen. In addition, the Green defense was very tight, limiting Harvard's serious scoring efforts to a flurry of baskets by tireless Captain Charley Lutz late in the fray...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: GREEN GIVES CRIMSON LESSON IN HOOP ACCURACY AT HANOVER IN 51-33 WIN AS BROBERG LEADS SCORING | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Swift did bear down on him, with cry to freeze hot blood, a gargantuan charger. Then ran he whirling like ye maddened dervish into the very centre of the fray. Ye blue clad referee soft reclining in the white cupola far cross the seething field, was Sir Vagabond's ultimate goal a stead-fast symbol of safety was this man. Steel clashed on steel, the horns of battle did boom out loud and clear, and the knight with heaving breath and Herculean effort did clear himself a breach across the way, did with uncertain step attain the white cupola...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 1/10/1940 | See Source »

...tosses to be the second Crimson scorer with Bill Webber who picked up two baskets and two free throws. Ed Buckley played most of the last period at guard and did his best job of the season. Center Ed Rothschild collected five points during a long stay in the fray...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: CADET FIVE SCUTTLES CRIMSON SQUAD, 45-34 | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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