Word: madison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hardly on a higher level than the folk-literature in certain public places. But these two performances have made "The Drag" as famous as "Broadway", for instance, which has played to packed houses for three months. James Timoney, part owner, is seriously considering putting the play in Madison Square Garden--and he could probably draw a full house. The most cruel punishment which could be desired for the manager of "The Drag" would be to enforce an edict forbidding newspapers to mention ill-smelling drama...
...Madison, Wis., on Jan. 24, Walter Cassels Noe, premedical student at the University of Wisconsin, with whom Sophomore Moore (No. 1 above) had dined on New Year's Day, wrote on a piece of paper that he wanted to "find out how things are over there," and killed himself with a revolver. Members of his fraternity (Delta Kappa Epsilon) sat up two nights waiting in vain for a spirit message. Student Noe had promised: "I'll be back at midnight...
Nine members of the University track squad will leave for New York this morning to compete in the Millrose Athletic Association games, which will be held in Madison Square Garden tonight. The Crimson runners will have the opportunity to compete with the country's most brilliant stars...
Tomorrow morning the University track men will journey to New York to participate in the Mill rose Athletic Club games in Madison Square Garden that night: Coach E. L. Farrell has entered his charges in the dashes, the 1000-yard run, the one mile relay, and the pole vault...
...Scotsman, Elky Clark, and a young Italian, Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion of the world, fought last week in Madison Square Garden. In the first round Clark went down for a count of nine. He recuperated and got through the second. In the third he went down for seven, got up, went down again, got up, went down again. The bell rang. He walked to his corner. After each minute of rest between rounds he came out as if a new day had dawned for him after a good night's sleep. At the end of the fight...