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Tempestuous Gerald Patterson and bandy-legged little Pat O'Hara Wood, both of Australia, battered their way past France to the challenge round of 1924 Davis Cup play.* Lurking near the Longwood (Boston) courts a third Australian, sagacious, seasoned Norman E. Brookes, gave counsel to his countrymen between sets...
MacLaren-his worst troubles are yet to be. (P. 30.) The throwing out food, instruments, clothing-a disgraceful sight. (P. 28.) Loud-speaking Germans who want their colonies back. (P. 10.) Old Gutenberg's largest and blackest headline. (P. 26.) 1 A bare-legged party leader. (P. 10.) Skilled...
On the Montana in midocean, "while ten yaks and a big brown bear screeched in frantic chorus," Hans Fimm, one-legged animal trainer, fought several hours with six monkeys escaped from their cages. Fimm was badly bitten "from neck to heel." One monkey was killed, the rest captured.
But class war has ethics of its own, it seems. One Otis Clark harangues the mob. He calls for the death of every scab, prisoner or not, to " stamp out the breed " once and for all. As a gauge of battle he leads away McDowell, the one-legged superintendent of...
"He was bandy-legged and lame of one foot; his shoulders were crooked and contracted towards his chest; his head was peaked towards the top and then wool was scattered over it. . . . And on this occasion, shouting out shrillly, he uttered bitter taunts."-That is the description of Theristes, "reckless...