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...head as superintendent. Both men were profoundly embarrassed about the situation; both knew it was just and inevitable. They respected and rather liked each other; only the nervousness of General Manager Oscar Sayers made their first meeting difficult. The dialogue among these three is as perfectly calibrated as Lardner, and at least as historically illuminating...
...subject matter in the mores of American journalism. One of the most inexplicable events in that profession is the case with which recognized experts in one field soon erect themselves into seers of knowledge in general. The sports columnists have led the parade to omniscience; first it was Ring Lardner, then Westbrook Pegler. Since the war began, Boston's own Bill Cunningham has been proclaimed the master of morale and the captain of the captions. Now Ely Culbertson, of all people, has blossomed forth with a peace plan...
...Haircut, a barber's monologue to end all barbers and monologues, by Ring Lardner...
...sports expert, he drove the experts wild. He once announced the wrong winner at the Poughkeepsie regatta, another time caused Ring Lardner, who sat near him while he was announcing a ball game, to observe that there had been a double-header-the game that was played and the one that McNamee announced. But he had a knack of being breathless, exciting even when describing the hills behind the Rose Bowl, and the fans loved him. At one World Series game, delayed by rain, he cheerfully draped his raincoat over himself and the mike and ad-libbed for 60 minutes...
Woman of the Year(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) was made to order for bold Katharine Hepburn. She saw to it that it was: she helped edit the script (authored by two comparatively unknown Hollywood-sprites: Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin) sold it to Metro for an unprecedented $100.000, demanded and got her own leading man (Spencer Tracy) and (from a rival studio) her favorite director (George Stevens...