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...magical and full, a faint huskiness about it like the undertones of pigeons at nightfall," cuts adrift from her aristocratic Southern traditions to marry a young doctor of the North. An overturned carriage, and she faces poverty with an infant son. Driven to the wall, she permits Martin Greer, hard turfman, to install her as mistress in his mansion. Retaining her dignity and authority before Sportsman Greer and the world of Valesboro, she centres her otherwise thwarted hopes upon her son, plays a lone hand with courage. Not a brilliant piece of work, indeed often downright trite, the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lone Hand | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

...further and, it is believed, final upset occurred in the combination crew today, when J. DeW. Bubbard '29 moved forward to number seven, and D. S. Greer '29 filled the vacant number two seat. This is probably the last change which will be made, according to Coach Brown's expectation. The boating is now as follows: stroke, A. O. Pendar '27; 7, J. DeW. Hubbard '29; 6. R. S. Riley '27; 5, P. B. Huntington '26; 4, T. D. Howe Jr. '26; 3, K. D. Robinson '29; 2, D. S. Greer '29; bow, George Bancroft '27; cox., A. M. Pappenheimer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE TO ASSEMBLE NEW FRESHMAN BOAT | 6/18/1926 | See Source »

...Tech crew will also keep the same line-up which has already carried it to two notable victories. It is, bow, Libbey; 2, Greer; 3, Copeland; 4, Kaufman; 5, Peterson; 6, Eaton; 7, Nichols; Stroke, Valentine; cox, Dearle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPENING GUN FOR REGATTA STARTS 150-POUND RACE | 5/21/1926 | See Source »

...contest between the eights the second Freshman boat, stroked by Greer, led two Union Boat Club shells and the third Freshman outfit across the finish line. The third 1929 boat and the first Union Boat Club crew finished in a dead heat two and a half lengths behind the winning shell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND FRESHMAN CREW WINS IN INVITATION REGATTA RACE | 5/20/1926 | See Source »

...race yesterday decided which of the two Freshman crews is the second and which the third. The boat stroked by D. S. Greer is now definitely rated ahead of that stroked by R. B. Harkness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUNTINGTON CREW IS CHARLES VICTOR | 5/7/1926 | See Source »

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