Word: writer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Jack L. Dempsey,* oldtime turf writer, chart maker for Daily Racing Form; at Dallas; of heart failure. The day he died he picked five out of six winners at Arlington Downs track (between Dallas & Fort Worth...
...more violent critics claim that Author Cabell's embroidered style serves to conceal a vacuum. They will therefore not be much interested to learn that in his latest book he announces what would seem to be his retirement: ". . . The Way of Ecben has appeared to its writer a thesis wholly fit to commemorate my graduation from, and my eternal leave-taking of, the younger generation, alike in life and in letters." One may expect nothing, he reasons, from a man of 50. The cryptogams of The Way of Ecben tell the same old Cabell story of man's vain pursuit...
...rolling along in spite of the death notices which it receives from the press at stated intervals. The latest, and one of the best criticisms of the sport as it now exists in the American college world comes from the pen of John R. Tunis, himself a professional sports writer...
...actual services of the scout, the writer says, "He brings to the coaching councils all the latest improvements in plays and coaching methods which the multitude of coaches throughout the country may devise, and he gives his own camp an opportunity to discuss and adopt the new idea without even the delay of a season ...... That is one basic reason why the game has developed so rapidly in recent years." Student at Large, The Yale News...
...Note--The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions, at the request of the writer will names be withheld...