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...newest shamus in the club collects his pay as suavely as any, is just as deadly with rod and dukes. This time he and his blueblooded staff (Joanna Barnes) pull a semilegal caper, conning...
...scores came on penalty shots by Bruce Johnstone, right inside. Shamus Malin, outside right, scored the other two Crimson goals. Crimson goalie Larry Martin saved a BU penalty kick, bringing his two-game record to two out of three penalty shots blocked...
Representing the Crimson in the game were freshmen Philip Bernstein, left wing; Mark Swann, left inside; Bruce Johnstone, center forward; Ted Wendell, right inside; Shamus Malin, right wing; Dave Brannon, left halfback; Woody Spruance, center halfback; John Larkin, right halfback; Charles David and Sandy Cortesi, fullbacks; and Larry Martin, goal tender...
Caught in the eavesdropping act: Jack Anderson, a legman for Newspeeper Columnist Drew Pearson, and Baron (name, not title) Ignatius Shacklette, chief investigator for the House Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight and a veteran congressional shamus. Next day the House subcommittee fired Shacklette (but Pearson kept Anderson on, saying: "I need him"). Then, the Goldfine entourage, hastened by a belated report from Goldfine's secretary, Mildred Paperman, that her room had been rifled of important documents, moved out of the Sheraton-Carlton amid much tub-thumping and hoopla, took up new quarters across K Street in 19 rooms...
Mike Hammer, Spillane's kill-crazy shamus, is portrayed by a young heavy from TV named "Biff" Elliot. "I'll kick your teeth all over the floor," he snarls at one point. When the teeth splash, they splash into the audience's lap, because I, the Jury is made...