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...mentor and still esteemed friend, the Head Tutor of Lowell House, whose services to the crew, back in '31, still live vividly in the recollections of those privileged to row in that remarkable boat. Has the present generation forgotten that breath-taking race against Dunster House for the Thunder Mug (the original gold plated porcelain trophy) when number 7 jumped from his slide at the second stroke but counted his flesh as naught against the race? Or the famous regatta in which the Bell-boys, their whiskers blowing to the winds and their derbies cocked proudly, rowed through the whole...
...white china mug, formerly in the hands of the Lowell House crew, and ceded to Dunster as a token of the latter eight's victory over the bell boys this fall, has been refused by the Dunster House authorities as unsuited for that house and returned to Lowell House, it was learned yesterday...
This unique trophy, a white china mug of generous size, first appeared last spring in the Lowell House common room, with an accompanying message to the effect that the unknown donors wished thereby to commemorate the undefeated season of the Lowell House oarsmen, who had nosed out five different crews during the spring season. Given as a perpetual trophy of the Dunster-Lowell race, the gleaming bowl has remained in the possession of Lowell
...receipts, filed papers accusing him of "almost diabolically inhuman" conduct. Sharkey, taciturn before a fight, always feels very free to talk as soon as he can get his gloves off. Not at all ashamed, he said: "Inactivity beat me. . . . I thought I won. . . . He's nobody's mug and much tougher than Schmeling. . . . I'll fight again in August, if my hand's all right." The New York State Boxing Commission reiterated its strange belief that Sharkey is heavyweight champion. Promoter Jimmy Johnston, delighted with a capacity house, carried forward his plans for a late summer...
...eccentric finger of the law pointed to two companies, 43 individuals, accused them of participating in conspiracies to violate the Prohibition law. The cases against the others are still pending. Prominent will be that of Fleischmann Co. whose yeast is an ingredient of many a mug of beer...