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This year's number three man is Dave Watts, another veteran of the Chicago trip. Watts has been handicapped by an injured thumb, sprained in House football, but by next week he should be fit. "Muggy" Mugaseth and Dave Symmes round out the first five players. Both are lettermen from last year...
...Hanover. Although the Crimson has never been beaten by the Indians in formal competition, it is in crippled shape for this match. Ufford cannot play because he will be in Philadelphia for the North-South all-star soccer game. Watts has dropped to number five because of his thumb, and both Brownell and Wood have colds. Even so, Harvard is favored in this match, and on pre-season reports it will be favored in every one. As far as the Crimson players are concerned they're still National Champs...
...road he runs over a nail. Psssssssss, no car. Psssssssss, no highway. The hero lies injured on the non-road. A plug pops out of his thumb and psssssssss, no hero. Nothing left, just the nail...
...until only two competitors were left in the race. The venerable international firm of Rosenberg & Stiebel was representing the Cleveland Museum of Art; James Rorimer was bidding for the Met. The gentleman from Rosenberg & Stiebel did his bidding with a gesture of the hand, Rorimer with cocked thumb reinforced with a wink. After an eternal four minutes, Rorimer winked for the last time. The Rembrandt was his for $2,300,000, the highest known price ever paid for a painting anywhere...
...Commonwealth has once again proved an old judicial rule of thumb: in battles between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines always...