Word: tigers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIGER STANDISH-Sydney Horler- Crime Club ($2). Gentleman Footballer Standish grapples with a crooked three, is rescued by Secret Service...
...dread, great father, Old Chang Tso-lin. Self-made, he rose from despised cooliehood through common banditry & murder to become the ruler of Manchuria. Capturing Peking in 1926 he made himself in effect a King-Dictator, negotiating on equal terms with foreign governments. Affecting a fondness for tiger's blood, which he drank warm from the beast as an aphrodisiac, Old Chang was one of the last absolute monarchs, complete with a decadent, dissolute court and sure of instant obedience when he said (as he often did), "Cut off that man's [or woman's] head...
Although the Yale Varsity has only won two matches this season, a comparison of the records of both Harvard and Yale shows that the meet should be fairly close. Harvard defeated Princeton 10-7, while Yale downed the Tiger 9-8. The Army won from Harvard 10-6 but from Yale only 9-8. Thus the prediction of a close meet seems justified. No accurate forecast of the Freshman meet can be given, but with their clean slate behind them, the Harvard Freshmen should be able to win easily...
...Yale match is going to be a test that will definitely determine the caliber of the Crimson racquet-men. Last week a few of the squad got together an informal team, drove down to Princeton, and were defeated 4 to 1. Yale has previously downed the Tiger aggregation, and now the question is, can they repeat their success in Cambridge. It is not an easy question to answer, but I feel that Cowles' outfit will come out on top. The loss to Princeton does not prove a great deal, and the team, in its regular line-up, will have several...
...Hold that!" was His Royal Highness' cry when he wanted a choice bit run through a second time. Bits dated as far back as 1910, when this Edward became Prince of Wales on the death of Edward VII. Good bits: a springing tiger shot by H. R. H. in India; huge Archie Compstoa teaching him to golf...