Word: jim
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boxing is a lost art, in fact, the whole world seems to me to be on the wane," James J. Corbett said late last night in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter just before going out for his comedy act "Gentleman Jim." "In spite of his pessimistic statement he seemed anything but depressed as he straightened his bright green tie and doned his white flannels. When his interviewer showed his ignorance of boxing in the '80's and '90's, Mr. Corbett reviewed his rise in the fistic world...
...Cleveland Jim Yee, of the On Leongs, was riddled with gunfire as he slept in his laundry basement...
This film recounts the adventures of a rookie pitcher, Jim Kelly (William Haines). He announced to the entire camp that "he could throw two balls at once and braid 'em." He wooed the manager's sweetheart Mary, (Sally O'Neil). He kissed her when she resented, in her athletic way, being kissed. He ran for home plate standing up on a close play-the sin of sins. He was pert, fresh, insolent, outrageous. But he was a born baseball player and the manager, Cliff Macklin, (Warner Richmond) knew it. After an entertaining series of adventures in which...
...addition to the speeches, the evening will be featured with two moving picture comedies; a Mack Sennett Comedy, "Boobs in the Woods", and "Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes". Music throughout the evening will be supplied by Jim Monahan and his orchestra...
...agitator. At Negro schools, able Lawyer Darrow repeated his speeches to the "new Negro." Klan circulars said he said: "Resist your white masters. ... I see you pray, but to what good? . . . Your God must be white considering the way he treats you. No doubt there will be a 'Jim Crow' law in your heaven. I heard you sing 'Sweet Land of Liberty' but I don't see how you do it. ... But . . . you have some friends not afraid to sit at the table with you. I have done so, and I've drunk bootleg...