Word: plays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...results will be exchanged by wire at the conclusion of the match, in this way allowing two teams to compete for the paltry sum of a few dollars which could otherwise be unable to play each other without an outlay of hundreds of dollars. Of course this is only in the nature of an experiment, but the interest lies in the fact that, as far as is known, no such contest has ever been staged...
...Oregon team is a very strong one, being composed of Don Moe. . No. 1: George Will, No. 2: William Palmberg. No. 3; and Francis Keitkemper. No. 4. They will play in order against Phillips Finlay '31, W. P. Arnold Jr. '31, E. B. Murphy '31, and J. B. Baldwin '31. With the exception of Finlay the Harvard team is composed entirely of Massachusetts men making the match Oregon against Massachusetts players...
...actual playing of the match each team will have "old man par" as an opponent and the result between this encounter will determine the outcome. That is, the Harvard number one player will play against the Oregon number one man only indirectly since their efforts will be directed against the par of each hole on their own course. A player will receive one point for a par, two points for a birdie (one under par), and three points for an eagle (two under par). At the end of the match the player having the greatest number of points will...
...there can be considerable question as to whether one likes the play or not. Such sombre stuff as this is does not appeal to many even when as perfectly presented as in the present case. A play in which misfortune strikes as severely and as often as in "The Wild Duck", is removed from that anaesthetic type of entertainment which so many seek when at the theatre...
Laurels for acting must be distributed to all hands. But particularly to Miss Yurka as Gina, Mr. Anderson as the younger Ekdal, Mr. Clovelly as Gregers Werle, and to Miss Davis in the exceedingly trying role of Hedvig. These four, carrying the brunt of the acting, make the play an intensely human thing. They demonstrate beyond a possible doubt that regardless of what may be said as to Ibsen or his plays, in talented hands the two can be put across...