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Light-Twisted Life. Most people are righthanded. Certain sugars are also "right-handed", in that they twist a beam of polarized light to the right. Maybe, suggested Dr. William Hobson Mills of Cambridge, the dexterity of chemicals and people have a common base. To experiment he projected beams of light...
Jurado, though, was by no means the only man to watch. Walter Hagen, who used to have the biggest galleries in golf, had the biggest gallery again for his second round last week. Too proud of his appearance to wear glasses (which he probably needs), Hagen putted badly, drove well...
In the American League, where trading of players has been least active, the Philadelphia Athletics, thrice pennant winners, were favorites to win again-though no team has ever won four American League pennants in a row. A "spring world series" against the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, in which the...
Fourth Game. Having won the first game and lost the second in St. Louis, and lost the third in Philadelphia, Manager Cornelius McGillicuddy ("Connie Mack") of the Philadelphia Athletics was faced with a familiar but difficult problem : who should pitch? As usual, he failed to reveal his solution of the...
The Crimson ace, who pitches right-handed and bats southpaw, let down the conquerors of Yale, Cornell, Columbia, and Swarthmore with seven knocks and scored one of the Harvard counters in person. Peterson, Penn flinger, permitted only seven Harvard blows, but they were opportune and gave complete satisfaction. A good...