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...recalls my correspondence of some years ago with Mr. Lawrence Perry, a sports commentator notable for his impartiality and clear thinking. I stated to Mr. Perry that the Navy's stand on the eligibility question at the time of the Army-Navy break was better taken and far more sportsman like than West Point's; and that the latter's attitude was tantamount to saying "We will kick off from midfield; you, opponent, will kick off from your twenty yard line". Mr. Perry's reply was in effect that no one need schedule the Army team under compulsion, and that...
Hollywood's tribute to the super-sportsman Knute Rockne, "The Spirit of Notre Dame", has met with such approval at the RKO Keith Theatre that it has been held over for a second week. The film is a worthy culmination of a wave of panegyric which has rolled over the country since the untimely death of the Czar of American football...
...game before. It was a daring move that might have disconcerting effect and, as Grove was likely to win anyway, there was little to be lost in trying it. For two innings, it appeared that the strategy had been brilliant. In the warm, bright afternoon, the crowd that filled Sportsman's Park chortled and cheered; a hog-caller who had begged his way to St. Louis from Arkansas appalled his section of the grandstand by making curious noises. Derringer, whose brother owns a drugstore in West Frankfort, Ill., and who pitched his first professional game at Gary...
...fair, persisted. Don was too honest even to suspect such a trick, and was an easy victim. It was suggested on many sides that the Trophy should be exhibited in the Yacht Club this year, covered with a black cloth. Kaye Don proved himself a thorough sportsman when he refused to defend himself or to accuse or criticize Wood. He has made a most unusual impression by his personality and by his handling of a very difficult situation on the Detroit public, and a campaign is on foot to present him with a testimonial of some sort. The English press...
...that the Globe's publicity might do harm to young Professor Murdock. It might make Harvard change its mind. Also, even if Professor Murdock is elected dean, he will have potent rivals for the presidency. Among those spoken of are: Boston Lawyer Charles Pelham Curtis Jr., 36, clubman, sportsman, member of a distinguished Harvard family (but he stutters a bit, a disadvantage in a Harvard president); Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams (he probably would not accept); Professor Francis Bowes Sayre of Harvard Law School, personable son-in-law of the late Woodrow Wilson; Cancer Fighter Clarence Cook...