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...Benson of B-Bar-B Ranch better. He's more truer. Hopalong never gets wounded, but Bobby Benson does. There's a whole bunch in Bobby Benson, and they have good teamwork, not like Hopalong Cassidy." But the deadliest arrow was launched by little Jack Clough of Rye, N.Y. Jeered...
Through the Rye. In Youngstown, Ohio, Judge Frank P. Anzellotti dismissed a drunkenness charge against George Shirley when Shirley proved himself sober enough to spell the name of his home town, nearby Punxsutawney, Pa. In Bloomfield Hills, Mich., the charge against Abdulla ben Brahim was reduced from drunken driving to reckless driving when Abdulla proved his sobriety by walking around the police station on his hands...
...trooped down to join the musicians' union, because New Orleans clarinetist Edmond Hall was coming out from the Savoy to play with them "and the union was watching us like a hawk." Shortly afterwards they played for the Radcliffe freshmen at Agassiz Hall, where they were paid off in rye smuggled in by an admiring Cliffe girl...
...Rye, N.Y., the Australian Davis Cup team got a rude shock when Sweden's big, blond Lennart Bergelin beat Frank Sedgman and veteran Jack Bromwich in two of the four singles matches. After his second victory, proud Swedes piled out of the stands to treat Bergelin to an old Swedish hissa (a toss in the air). Then the Aussies settled down and won the deciding match. Their next opponent...
...drinkers had the jitters about a possible liquor shortage. Their rush to stock up moved several whisky distributors to put dealers on temporary allocations, and the heedless excess last week brought customers quick hangovers. Schenley Distillers, Inc. announced that it was hiking its eight-year-old, 100-proof rye and bourbon $1.35 a fifth, bringing the price in some localities...