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Watling added the final Crimson try, scoring from 25 yards out after scrum half Gary Marx--normally a flanker--broke through on the blind side and fed Watling the ball...
...gently, but firmly, shot at dawn." Yet, he was as lavish in his praise as he was vicious in his derision. Priding himself on his taste and knowledge, he was the first to champion the "little greatness" of Eugene O'Neill, and to praise the antics of the Marx Brothers. As drama critic, his word could make or break a play, and he took full advantage of the fear he inspired...
Woollcott's best-remembered enterprise was the founding of the Algonquin Round Table, a grand gathering of playwrights, critics, writers and comics. Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman, Robert Benchley were all there; the Marx Brothers dropped by occasionally. Sherwood Anderson and Moss Hart were frequently in attendance. Knowing that anything witty would be printed, repeated and quoted, Woolcott directed the conversation toward the four topics that interested him: "Theater, friends, murder and anything else that interests me." The Round Table flourished. Only the flight of New York's sharpest tongues to Hollywood forced it to disband in the late 1930s...
...really took it to 'em in that second half, and totally dominated their scrum," wing forward Gary Marx said after the game...
...starters on that team are back this year, and so is senior Gary Marx...