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...Darrow has attained prominence as a criminal lawyer in several notable cases of which the first was the McNamara case in California. After his victory in the Loeb-Leopold trial he was called to defend in the spectacular Scopes case in 1925. This was the case in which a Tennessee school teacher was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan for teaching the theory of evolution to his innocent pupils in violation of a state law. Darrow took the defense with Arthur Garfield Hayes and Dudley Field Malone and by carrying the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court, managed to get Scopes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLARENCE DARROW WILL ADDRESS LIBERAL CLUB | 1/9/1934 | See Source »

...purse. Peden sped on to Cleveland to begin another grind three days later. For the whole meet, 1,064 laps were stolen, a new U. S. record. The victory of Peden & Letourner was less surprising than the complete collapse of the aging "iron man," Reginald James McNamara. Nobody expected McNamara, at 46, to win, but likewise no one expected him to do so miserably. Rusty, battered, wearing 47 scars, McNamara and his blond partner, Charles Winter, had tied for the lead briefly in the early stages. At the end they barely kept their wheels turning, finished last, 18 laps behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grind | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

...LaFrentere, C. H. Lawrence, W. H. Ledgard, T. T. McClure, J. C. McNamara, J. C. McNaughton, G. E. Mereet, R. C. Middlebrook, H. P. Miller, F. R. Moscley, W. R. Nelson, E. R. Prains, J. C. Procter, W. W. Prout, Timothy Putnam, W. C. Quinby, W. O. Randall, C. W. Richardson, O. E. Rodgers, S. T. Rodgers, J. G. Regers, Theodere, Theodore Rooserved, III, B. Y. Ryan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW HOUSE ADMISSIONS TO KIRKLAND, LEVERETT | 5/26/1933 | See Source »

...ridden over four times around the world in six-day bike races," declared Reggie McNamara, the "grand old man" of the sport who entered his ninety-fifth grind last night at the Garden, in an interview yesterday afternoon, "and it's gotten so that I feel better in a race than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McNamara, Veteran Six-Day Bike Racer, Has Ridden Over 100,000 Miles in Grinds--Daily Diet Includes Steaks, Chops | 4/24/1933 | See Source »

...Freshman lineup: foils: Captain P. E. Lilienthal '36, P. H. Sturtevant '36, and either Richard Morgan IV, J. C. McNamara '36, or J. B. Hickam '36; epee; Richard Ford, and either S. J. Freedberg '36 or Harold Banks '36. Richard Morgan IV, and either Morton Grant '36 or H. H. Reynolds '36, sabre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY AND FRESHMAN FENCERS WILL MEET ELI | 3/17/1933 | See Source »

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