Word: terrier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gridiron captain and center last fall Johnny Walker is backstop for the Scarlet and White outfit. Walker and third baseman Johnny "Yama" Quinn may provide puncherino for the Terrier lads...
...hurler Tom Healey will too the rubber for the Crimson, and will probably share mound duties with Slim Curtiss. Both pitchers are fresh from Eastern League triumphs, and have had far more opportunity to approach mid-season form than the ice-bound Terrier flingers...
Coach Mel Collard's men have bowed to the Rhode Island State Rams and the Tufts Jumbos in their first two engagements, but Leahy is liable to prove to be a tough nut to crack for Lupe Lupien and Co. The Terrier lineup packs quite a bit of offensive punch too, with third sacker John "Yama" Quinn and catcher Johnny Walker being the chief threats...
...world. But for two years the Opposition had been balked in their desire to put Britain on the Leftist side and they were at least going to say their say at the finish. If the censure motion was bitter, it was nothing compared to the way in which terrier-sized Clement Richard Attlee, Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, tied into Mr. Chamberlain. Said Major Attlee: "It looks as if the Prime Minister has given away everything and got nothing in its place, not even a 'thank you' from General Franco. This...
...trick photography wanes after a while, for the essential humor of Thorne Smith's basic idea lies in its originality. This element is necessarily lost in the sequel and, since no new angle is added, the spark is gone. In fact, the replacement of Cary Grant by a fox terrier named Atlas is even a slight detriment. Billie Burke, as Mrs. Topper, runs away with all the good lines and leaves the rest to the cast to struggle with a script which is nowhere near as good as that of the first Topper picture. The superb comedy of Roland Young...