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VILE BODIES-Evelyn Waugh-Cape & Smith...
Author Evelyn Waugh, very conscious member of the post-War generation, writes so brightly, wittily, entertainingly that you may swallow this sugar pill of a novel almost without tasting its bitter centre...
There were 768 curlers in the Winnipeg bonspiel; one woman, a Mrs. Snell, got into the men's bonspiel somehow, but indignant curlers said this would never happen again. This time spectacled old Malcolm Cambell, who has been in every spiel since 1889, did not win anything. Richard Waugh, Liquor Commissioner, Life Member of the Manitoba Curling Association watched many matches. Howard Wood's team from the Granite Club won twelve times, was beaten only once, finishing first in the bonspiel and earning the right to represent Manitoba in the world's curling championship...
Georgia's little Bulldogs quit the gambling football they played against N. Y. U. and Alabama and went after Georgia Tech, cautiously, as though convinced that this was an important game. In the first period Waugh was hell, but after that the Yellow Jackets blocked one of Chandler's punts, hurried him on another, made him fumble a third, tied the score. Georgia picked up a blocked kick and an edge. Georgia 12. Georgia Tech...
...bulldogs, ran it over for a touchdown, kicked the goal. In addition he did all Georgia's punting and scored another touchdown by snatching a forward pass. Capt. Joe Boland of Georgia played bulldoggedly at centre while behind him Fullback Rothstein got away with murder and Halfback Waugh was hell. The Georgians snaked out of their new stadium to light bonfires. Georgia 15, Yale...