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...newspapers ran the slug on their front pages; it was almost as important an announcement as if a prizefighter, for publicity purposes, had refused a championship title. Not quite so important; the prizefighter would have got an extra, but the man whose solemn, blunt features appeared under the slug had certainly derived as much attention as he could expect from a purely intellectual issue. It was, of course, Sinclair Lewis; he had refused the Pulitzer Prize of $1,000 awarded to him for Arrowsmith...
...shoot an arrow from a six-foot yew-bow, to hit a golf ball, to throw a baseball, to cast a heavy fishing-slug for distance in the surf -manly exercises all. But does the missile fly farthest from rod, arm, club or bow? Which engine is superior in speed, in accuracy? A hypothetical question, surely; one that might be debated i Erewhon on Midsummer Day, with Walter Travis expatiating kindly to Amos Rusie, Izaak Walton put-tnig in a gnarled, shy word, and the laughter of Robin Hood foaming clear and soft like...
...compares unfavorably even with the 8 to 4 set-back the Southerners handed to the Crimson. The Bowdoin nine split even with the Bates outfit, losing a well-played game, 3 to 2, and winning a heavy batting orgy, 10 to 9. The last game was with Colby, another slug fest with four runs in the ninth giving the Bowdoin team...
...matter which pitcher Coach White uses this afternoon the University batters will enjoy no slug-fest. Sale, playing his third year on the team, has the more impressive record. He has been chosen for the last two years on the All-Southern team, and last year he pitched a phenomenal game against the University of Virginia in which not a single Virginia reached first base. Chambers has had less experience than Sale but was also picked last year for the All-Southern, nine and is considered one of the best hurlers in the south...
Miss Doris Halman, who has been a member of the company since its organization, will play Sait Wolleben, Case Steenkoop's sister. Among the parts she has played are Rosa Rosalis in "Pastora", Pierrot's mother in "The Mourner", plays of last year, and the mother in "Slug", the first production of this year. She was one of the authors of "The 47 Varieties", a musical parody on the Workshop's productions given last year. Miss Halman wrote three plays produced by the Workshop: "Will o' the Wisp", "Rusted Stock", and "The Play Room". She will publish shortly a book...