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...court test of the growing business of record-pirating. In five years, said Columbia's President James B. Conkling, his men have tracked down the pirating of some 30 different brand-name records. Up to now, Columbia had never been able to sue because the pirate firms would skip town or change their names...
...strip of ice, usually on an indoor rink where the ice is more even and not subject to sudden thaws. At each end of the rink there are fixed bull's-eye targets (see diagram). Each player on a four-man team, captained by an authoritarian "skip," gets two shots at the target on each round. With a bowler's arm-swinging motion, the curler hoists a 40-lb. circular (maximum circumference: 36 in.) stone,* and sends it slithering down the ice toward the "tee line" bull's-eye. If the stone falls short...
...first test match, 109-54. In the second match, the U.S. did better, only lost 94-83. The Scotsmen played a camay, conservative game, in sharp contrast to the generally slam-bang U.S. style. The Scots used blockade tactics in front of the scoring circle until the skip, comparable to cleanup batter in baseball, could send his final stone down to nudge his teammates' into the bull...
...Glasgow bonspiel, one U.S. "rink" (team), skipped by Frank Van Epps of Portage, Wis., salvaged U.S. prestige by winning, 24-12. Van Epps produced the shot of the day. Two Scots stones, placed about a foot apart, guarded the scoring circle. While Van Epps lined up his shot, Detroit Lawyer John Ritter McKinlay acted as temporary skip to give Van Epps the proper strategy...
...That's the way to play the game," shouted McKinlay to his grinning skip. The Scot skip was less demonstrative. Soberly he raised his broom, the curler's signal for a well-played shot...