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...Charlies Fox to form a dependable 300-yard medley relay combination; but unless there is an upset, both Finnerty and Callahan will be padding in a bath of Crimson wash tonight, for Ulen's two stars, Cummin and Jameson, should take, the back and breast strokes respectively, in easy stride...
Last week Lady Rhondda went on: "In England we have stopped completely talking about the abdication of King Edward. After all it affected only one Englishman directly. That is why England took the abdication right in stride and passed over to the more important thing-the threat against the lives of every one of us over there...
...attack, used him as a decoy to suck in the defense while Bobby LaRue and Frank Patrick took the ball away. Eel-hipped Patrick's spinners knifed long gashes in the famed Washington line. LaRue pointed his knees at the Husky ends, hitting top speed in a stride or two while his interference took out the secondary defense as if they thought each play was a potential touchdown...
...being a good loser but of being a fine fellow. Publicly and privately those who had been far from pro-Landon during the campaign loudly spoke their admiration of him. Said Scripps-Howard's Raymond Clapper, "A man who has taken both triumph and defeat in his stride . . . without suffering the slightest noticeable indigestion." Said the New York Times'?, Arthur Krock, "He captivated all of Washington...
...help him push back Piano No. 1, bring forward No. 2. While they were straining with No. 1, a leg fell off. Half hysterical, the pianist put it back on. He was about to sit down at the relief piano when an unidentified clergyman seized the opportunity to stride onto the stage, make an impromptu appeal for United Charities. Stunned, the audience let him speak for a few minutes, then booed, hissed, whistled him off the stage...