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...will be J. S. Tow, Acting Chinese Consul General in New York, who, not so occupied with tourists & immigrants as other consuls general, may devote much time to keeping peace among the Tongs. Signer of the pact for the Hip Sing Tong was its President, Author Eng Ying ("Eddie") Gong (TIME, June 2). When the six leaders had signed it, scribes translated the document into brushstrokes on cerise paper, sent it to every U. S. Chinatown, proclaiming Consul Tow and Commissioner Mulrooney overlords of all U. S. Chinese...
TONG WAR-!?Eng Ying Gong and Bruce Grant?Nicholas L. Brown...
Author Eng Ying (Eddie) Gong, proprietor of an Americanized restaurant at No. 1 Pell Street (nucleus of Manhattan's Chinatown) observed, noted, took part in tong warfare, wrote an inside story of it. Along came Reporter Bruce Grant, who read the story, realized that it was an expose exciting and spectacular enough to appeal to underworld-minded readers, was the first authentic history of the tongs ever written, was a splendid scoop. He wrote Author Gong's manuscript into reportorial text. All Reporter Grant needed was a rewrite...
...small metallic ball and spring. Wires run up the fencer's sleeves and out through an opening in the back of his coat, trail out behind him on the mat. When the positive tip of one foil strikes the negatively charged plastron of an adversary, a gong rings, and a touch is marked up on the Stab Register. Stabbing the floor, another foil blade or hilt, does not register. Inventor Massard insisted last week that it is impossible for fencers equipped with "Massard's Stab Register" to short circuit or electrocute themselves...
Five of the six scores were made in the first period, with the Crimson leading 3 to 2 at the gong. Yale evened the count in the last 30 seconds of the third period. Although an overtime was played, neither team could clinch the victory. HARVARD 1933 YALE 1988 Stone, Pell, l.w. r.w. Weigand. Gillette Putnam, c. c., Fletcher, Cookman Saltonstall, Baldwin, r.w. l.w. Ryan Stone, Johnson David, l.d. r.d. Parker Bailey, r.d l.d., Barnes, Wheeler Bartok g. g. Tweedy...