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...clock: George Upton defeated G. S. Squibb, P.A. Davis defeated F. A. Westbrook, G. G. Fox defeated R. w. Paul, F. E. Strobhar defeated N. D. Warwick, Millard Humstone defeated N. P. Letarte, F. P. Fish defeated M. S. Leonard, P. C. Staples defeated F. E. Sweetser...
Painter Robinson was born in Westbrook, Me., home town of Hubert Prior "Rudy" Vallée, whom she has never met. Student at the Boston Museum at the age of 17, she was one of few girls to complete the late Instructor Philip Leslie Hale's notoriously stiff anatomy course. In New York, generally working with Dr. Roland Grausman, she has specialized in sketches of diseased bronchial tracts. But Miss Robinson has her softer side...
...Olympic Games two weeks later she won two first prizes (javelin throw, 80-meter hurdles), a second in the high-jump when her best jump was disqualified for ''diving." She complained bitterly because she was not allowed to enter more events. Sportswriters Grantland Rice, Paul Gallico, Westbrook Pegler et al. were sufficiently amazed by Babe Didrikson to investigate her abilities further. She played her nth round of golf for their benefit, amazed them afresh by averaging more than 200 yd. with her drives, scoring under 90. When it was established that Babe Didrikson is also an expert swimmer...
...Stanislaus Zbyszko, Tommy Ryan, Billy Papke and Tod Sloan are introduced briefly; they represent the tradition of clean, wholesome sport. The picture was made during the Olympic Games at Los Angeles and it was therefore feasible for Paramount to persuade several real sportswriters to perform in it. Grantland Rice, Westbrook Pegler, Paul Gallico. Damon Runyon. Jack Lait appear momentarily, drinking coffee; Runyon speaks but Pegler is to be recognized only by his right out. In all this welter of authenticity, it is only natural for the story of Madison Square Garden to seem a little unreal by comparison...
...following day Colyumist Brisbane told how economically one can live in California. Miami readers were not to suffer that. The Herald tossed the whole col-yum aside, dug up and printed instead some two-weeks-old Brisbanalities about naval armaments, the death of Santos-Dumont, etc., etc. Fortnight ago Westbrook Pegler, eloquent sports colyumist of the Chicago Tribune, was en route to the Olympic Games, writing his syndicated daily piece on the train as does Colyumist Brisbane. In one day's colyum he aped the Brisbanal style, headlined it "Tomorrow." Excerpts : "Persons aboard this train are going...