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Edes, 130-pound midget, is the only regular out of action at present. The shoulder injury which caused his removal to the Rhode Island Hospital is mending rapidly and he may possibly take part in the Harvard game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Prepares | 11/10/1925 | See Source »

Died. Mme. Sidonia Barscy, 59, famed "bearded lady," veteran of countless sideshows and circuses, at Drummond, Okla., mourned by her only son, "Baron" Nicu Barscy, 40, famed midget, who is but 28 inches tall. Mme. Barscy possessed a heavy iron-grey beard some six inches long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 2, 1925 | 11/2/1925 | See Source »

Third Game was delayed for a day by rain, harassed when it finally began by wind and cold, which chilled President Coolidge and pinched his face. After half a dozen innings of erratic baseball, Manager Harris called his pitcher, Alex Ferguson, out of the game and sent in midget Nemo Leibold to bat for him. Nemo, a lefthander, shuffled and glared until Pitcher Kremer ( Pittsburgh) walked him. Poker-faced Goose Goslin stepped to the plate, swung high, swung low, like a man who would hit at anything. Pittsburgh outfielders spread out. Canny Goslin bunted. Traynor hit a sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

Ewing Princeton's midget quarterback, booted a dropkick from the 46 yard line for Princeton's opening score. The ball struck the cross-bar and bounced over. Now a fast attack by the Navy backs led up to a field goal which tied the score before the first period ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE BEATEN FOR FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS AS PRINCETON STRUGGLES TO TIE | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

...ventriloquist, a midget, a strong man, a sap, a girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Aug. 10, 1925 | 8/10/1925 | See Source »

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