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...Gleneagles, Scotland, perhaps the grandest golf course in the world, professionals from far and wide beat their balls as they qualified to play for the annual bag of a thousand guineas ($5,000). Vivacious Aubrey Boomer of St. Cloud, France, led them all with a record 69, until swart Abe Mitchell passed him with a pair of 70's for the two rounds. Joe Kirkwood, sole U. S. entrant, was lucky to qualify with 153, the first 80 strokes of which were somewhat impeded by a family of ducks that paraded across one hole and a family of weasels...
...Aida" Verdi 5. Danse Macabre, Symphonic Poem Saint-Saens 6. The Music Box Liadov 7. Air, "Non piu andrai" from "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart Charles H. Bennett, Baritone 8. The Ride of the Valkyries Wagner 9. Rhapsody, "Espana" Chabrier 10. "Kogawa no Hotori ni," "By the Brook" Seigi Abe 11. Waltz, "Roses from the South" Strauss
...Manhattan, two minute gamecocks stepped close, pecked, stepped out, ducked, strutted. They were bantams. Their eyes glared bloody for a golden prize-the bantamweight championship of the world. One was a Jewish gamecock from Harlem-Champion Abe Goldstein; one was an Italian gamecock from Brooklyn-Challenger "Cannonball" (Eddie) Martin. For 15 rounds the pecking, the strutting, went fiercely on. Then from 1,200 smoky throats a great shout went up. Bantam gamecock Cannonball Martin, he was champion...
...Jury Duty; II. History of Trial by Jury; III. Witnesses; IV. Lawyers; V. Lawyers; VI. Judges; VII. Judges; VIII. The Verdict; IX. Some Suggested Remedies. The list of illustrations includes: Joseph H. Choate, Lord Justice Braxfield, Lord Mansfield (of law merchant fame), Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, William F. Howe (Abe Hummel's partner), Scene at Trial of Carlyle W. Harris, Lord Gordon Hewart (present Lord Chief Justice of England), Lord Chief Justice Russell, Lord Chancellor Jeffreys, Trial of Sir William Armstrong, Recorder Frederick Smyth, Mr. Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve and Mr. Justice George C. Barrett. Every one of these pictures...
...week. Addicts will recall the first Potash and Perlmutter film with considerable satisfaction. The second (derived from the play Business before Pleasure) is quite as entertaining. The four-star label on the billboards displays the names of Alexander Carr, George Sidney, Vera Gordon and Betty Blythe. When Abe takes to kicking the lion under the impression that it is a dog in disguise, there is really no point in anyone's retaining his gravity. The subtitles are even more diverting...