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...flood of goals displeased the B. U. coach, and as a result Kelley went in for Hurteau. After the change the Crimson succeeded in making but one more score before the gong, when Harding lifted in a long shot which slipped between the goal tender's knees...
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal now reads: " If I can speak the language of men and even of angels, but have no love, I am only a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal...
...serious blow he has encountered in the U. S.-a $2,000 jolt in the pocketbook from Jack Druley, who promoted his exhibition with Joe Downey, of Columbus, O. The furry financier, who saw this wallop coming when Druley paid only half of his $4,000 guarantee before the gong clanged, tried to dodge it by sulking in his corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must be a gentle exhibition) to surge about...
...dial consists of a great gong, under which there are a certain number of human bones and skulls. When the hands point to one o'clock some of the bones unite to form a skeleton which?actuated by hidden mechanism?springs to its feet, seizes a wooden mallet and strikes the gong a single blow. The skeleton than collapses into pieces...
...clock two skeletons repeat the actions and at three o'clock three skeletons and so on till 12, when a dozen of these ghastly objects stand in a row and strike the gong in an uncanny burlesque of human actions...