Word: hills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fail to print, or advise me, the sequel to Dean Hill's wager re Corbus (Letters. TIME, Dec. 11). I want to know if he pays the bill for 23 TIME subscriptions and what his Comments are, unexpurgated...
Several TIME readers are interested to know whether Reader Hill, TIME, Dec. 11, p. 7. has made good the bet he lost with you. Figuring it out 23 subscriptions to the Princeton team, including Coach Gorman, would cost $115, but at the special rate only...
...admiration for your rebuke of the tone of Dean Hill's letter in Letters...
...DEAN HILL...
...betting letter, Bettor Hill said: "Your muchly touted Bill Corbus TIME entitled 'Stanford's All-American guard' never was named for any position on Grantland Rice's All-American, much less for the position of right guard." In the plain meaning of this sentence, Bettor Hill was wrong. Bill Corbus was an "All-American guard" on Grantland Rice's 1932 team. Now Bettor Hill says he meant that TIME'S error lay not in placing Bill Corbus but in using the phrase "All-American." Even granting that this is what he meant, Bettor Hill...