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...pitching by Milligan was turning the University nine back scoreless inning after inning. The Ithacan infielders robbed the Crimson hitters of several apparently safe hits. A one-hand step by short stop Davis on McGlone's hot shot over second in the first inning and Bickley's back-hand stab of Gordon's drive in the third were the most phenomenal of the fielding features. The Crimson escaped a shut-out when Rogers reached second on an error by Henderson in right field and scored on a single by Campbell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE PITCHERS FAIL TO PUZZLE CORNELL | 5/5/1924 | See Source »

...find scoundrels and hypocrites, and I was surprised that the able Senator from Alabama, Mr. Heflin, devoted an hour and 15 minutes to speaking about an immigrant boy who came over here and who had been here only a few months, who happened?perhaps he was insane?to stab a boy who had been born in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigrant Senator | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

WITHIN THESE WALLS?Rupert Hughes?Harper ($2.00) Another stab at the Great American Novel. Another history of the adventures and misadventures of an American family from 1832, when New York was in the grip of the black cholera, to times fairly contemporaneous. But the RoBards had even more than the usual fictional American family's share of trouble. Jealousy, murder, seductions, secret marriages?they took a fling at them all, but always managed to keep up appearances pretty well, on the whole. There is much interesting information on the growth and development of New York City and its water-system?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Good Books: Jun. 11, 1923 | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

...Mixed metaphors," a sage declares, "are defensible as long as they show fertility rather than poverty of imagination." No doubt W. L. Geroge is a genius; this masterpiece is from one of his novels; "The cloud that tried to stab their happiness was only a false rumor whose bitter taste could not shatter the radiance nor dim the effervescence of their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/23/1923 | See Source »

...team-work and checking back, offset all other disadvantages. In addition there was Higgins. His work at goal was the most surprising feature of the game. He made some of the most remarkable stops that have been seen in the Arena this year. Not only did he fatally stab the long shots from the wings. He kept the B. A. A. from scoring when it seemed impossible to save a tally, now when a blue jerseyed man was alone in front of the cage, now when a close-up shot brought suspense to the Crimson rooters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THRILLING HOCKEY GAME ENDS A 3-3 TIE AFTER TWO OVERTIME PERIODS | 2/1/1922 | See Source »

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