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Only eight of the 15 teams which started the race were left at the finish. Old Reggie McNamara who, out of respect for his age, is usually permitted to hold the lead for a day or two at the beginning, was still ahead with his large red-haired British Columbian partner, Torchy Peden. Not satisfied with a point-lead over the Belgian team of Van Nevele and de Lille, McNamara and Peden stole a lap in the last ten minutes of the race and held it to the end. Behind the Belgians came the reckless French team of Letourner...
Oldest active six-day bicycle rider, McNamara boasts that he has broken his collar bone six times, all his ribs at least once, that he has 47 scars. One of them, running along his right cheek, gives his dark and friendly face a dangerous look which he enhances by wearing black sweaters and scowling. He received his first injury in Australia, where he was born in 1888. A snake bit his finger and his brother chopped it off. In most professional sports there is some character whose endurance or perverse courage has earned him the banal distinction of being called...
...succession of humorous short cuts, and he is bent on saving the audience's time and the taxpayer's money. The conclusion of Monkey is surprising enough, and the late Sam Janney has managed to interlard his melodrama with agreeable comedy.. Officer McSweeney, played by Edward McNamara. the constable of Strictly Dishonorable who said that it just seemed like police-men never took a drink, ably supports Actor Whorf...
...Anthracite Coal Strike, Haywood Trial, McNamara Case, Loeb-Leopold Trial, Scopes Case brought Darrow fame; did not change his attitude toward the penal code. Much of his work was done with little pay and in the face of public opinion. But when he undertook a case nothing could stop him. He fought for his clients as for his own life...
...University B team defeated the University Club, 3 to 2: Marshall (UC) defeated J. W. Appel '32, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12, 9-15, 15-4; S. E. Davenport III '34 defeated McNamara (UC), 10-17, 15-10, 15-8, 15-13; K. G. F. Balfour '32 defeated Nichols (UC), 16-12, 16-17, 15-11, 9-15, 17-15; Taylor (UC) defeated Edward Orlandini '32, 15-8, 15-13, 16-10; R. B. Green ocC. defeated Cobb...