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...third period of the deciding game with Ottawa, scored three times in three minutes, won at 5 to 2. Howie Morenz of the Canadiens, the fastest skater in hockey, his round, heavy shoulders hunched toward his stick, his strong legs pumping in characteristic gait resembling a shuffle, but matchless in speed, broke a tie and won his team's series by curling a high shot past Gardner, frenzied Chicago goalie, who had stopped everything up to that time. Against the Rangers in the second round of the playoffs, Desrivieres, rookie of the Canadiens, got his stick on the puck...
Whether or not the colleges harbor the cream of the country's youthful intelligence, it is undeniable that they furnish a matchless environment for the formation of intelligent and disinterested political opinion. This factor, if no other, gives the results of a university poll, such as is now projected for Harvard, a distinct and unrivalled value...
Lighted Cigarets. A coin dropped in the slot of a new machine makes a cigaret fall with its end against an incandescent electric coil. The heat lights the cigaret, which forthwith drops out of the machine for the buyer to smoke on his matchless way. One William Cohen of Brooklyn invented the device...
...mayor, pleased, told his chauffeur to go out and get a gold key to the city. This done, Mayor Schwab solemnly said: "I present this key as a mark of esteem from Buffalo and hope, Mr. Belasco, that you will return here countless times with premieres of your matchless plays." Solemnly, Producer Belasco answered: "It is always a pleasure to come to Buffalo with new attractions. Your citizens are most critical and an opening night here tells me immediately whether or not my play is a success...
...that his wife had duped him into marriage after having an illegitimate child by another man. Honest, basically upright Simon obtains a divorce, a wholesome job, a new and true wife. Author Train tells it swiftly, stiffly. He has also written eleven novels, five volumes of short stories, six matchless yarns about Mr. Tutt (funny lawyer), three law books...