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...turned out once again. Sturdy CRIMSON batsmen, their muscles rippling a promise of quiet power, took their turns at the plate yesterday afternoon and easily lifted over 30 hits to the outfield, scoring, as Dame Fortune would have it, 23 runs to vanquish the hapless gentlemen of the Lampoon,--the 45th straight CRIMSON triumph in as many starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson All-Star Aggregation Whips Lampy By Sensational, Overwhelming Score of 23-2 | 5/16/1939 | See Source »

...parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears. Daily into these ears the radio pours its ride-'em-cowboy adventure and hearty-uncle promise of dandy premiums in return for mailed-in cereal box tops, bread labels, candy wrappers. Hapless parents, besides footing the bills, have a job on their hands in getting their supercharged, excited youngsters to bed. Result is that children's programs come in for persistent beefing, not only by U. S. parents but by the more-feared Federal Communications Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Bedtime Bedlam | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...relentless march to the championship, McGill was stopped only by Toronto, 3 to 2. It established the season's high scoring record with 15 goals and 23 assists against hapless Montreal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mermen Seek League Crowns As McGill Takes Hockey Title | 3/14/1939 | See Source »

...last the hapless Crimson basketball forces enter a game in which they cannot be classed as underdogs when they entertain Yale in the Indoor Athletic Building tonight. As a matter of fact, with the advantage of playing in their own back yard, Coach Fesler's cagers rate the favorite's role against Coach Loeffler's erratic quintet...

Author: By D. DONALD Peddle, | Title: Favored Hoopmen Meet Yale Tonight in Big Three Contest | 3/4/1939 | See Source »

Starring in defeat for the hapless Crimson were Charley Lutz with 12 points and sub forward Chet Legg with ten. Scoring freely and completely out-passing the Feslermen. Columbia was paced by Vad Medvedeff, Captain Tom Macioce, and Albie Meyers. The three men accounted for 35 of the 55 Columbia tallies...

Author: By Edwin P. Kaufman--sports editor and Columbia Spectator, (SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CRIMSON)S | Title: COLUMBIA OVERWHELMS CRIMSON BASKETBALLERS | 3/2/1939 | See Source »

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