Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vice-president of the Dramatic Club. He has had parts in "The Orange Comedy" by Gilbert Seldes '14, produced in the fall of 1926, and in the modern version of the "Taming of the Shrew" which was staged last spring. In "The Chisholm Trail" last fall he made a hit in the character of Tom Stevens, the excitable ranchman who furnished the principal comedy relief...
...Berkeley, one Max Fiedler, catcher for the University of California freshmen, came up to bat in the ninth inning two weeks ago, hit a home run, won a game against St. Mary's. Last week, against Oakland Technical High School, Catcher Fiedler came to bat again in the ninth. Two strikes were called on him. The runner on second base hung his head, looked at the scoreboard that showed the University team one run behind. The bat boy was picking up the bats, the pitcher pitched, Catcher Fiedler swung wildly, hit the ball, knocked...
...farce. All of the corned-beef-and-cabbage characters out of George McManus's comic strip are here; Maggie and her famed rolling pin, Annie, Dinty Moore, Ellen. Jiggs (J. Farrell MacDonald) grew suddenly rich, possessed a Long Island estate. Jiggs wouldn't wear his dinner suit. Jiggs was hit on the head. Jiggs wouldn't meet the Count. Jiggs simulated suicide. Then everyone realized that Society is hollow, that homely virtues are best...
Musical comedy is rapidly becoming the most popular form of stage production, and this is one of its most successful years, according to Louise Groody, petite star of "Hit the Deck...
There are several promising members of last year's squad returning. These include Captain Hutchinson's brother J. W. Hutchinson '30, Joseph Morrill '28, O. L. Winston '30, and J. W. Filoon '29. The Harvard team is in the same predicament as that of the Yale team, being hard hit by graduation. After vacation practice matches will be held for two weeks before an outside game is to be played...