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...fact that any untrained man can become a good reporter within a very few months has made it difficult for journalism to rise to the rank of a profession. And where there is ease of entrance, there will be found many undesirable candidates. Mr. H. L. Menoken, in a burst of constructive criticism says that newspaper men must control the various schools of journalism throughout the country, and institute a vigorous weeding-out policy among the candidates, a policy which the Medical and Bar Associations have been pursuing in their own schools for some years. No galaxy of high-flown...
Louisiana journeyed up to Indianapolis and trailed behind Indiana throughout a featureless first half. Then she rose in her strength, burst through, won 20 to 14. This was another "first big intersectional game...
...point ten miles behind the start and ascend in the customary "tower" from which the racers plunge down to the starting pylon at maximum speed. Last to leave the ground was Captain Burt E. Skeel, his 520-horse Curtiss R-6 leaping up with a great burst of power. Said the crowd: "There goes the winner...
...vociferous cheers as first one big man and then the other launched staggering blows. Piet rushed the fight. Erminio beat him back. On came Piet again, pummeling, fighting close. Erminio thumped him solidly. By the 20th round honors stood even. Then Erminio fell upon brave Piet in a final burst of violence, won the decision, retained his title. The crowd made known its pleasure...
...speed saucer's straightaway, 122 miles an hour, Dario Resta's Grand Prix Sunbeam, with the power of 160 horses, went out of his control, skidded for 300 yards, shot sidewise over the saucer's edge, crashed an iron fence, nose-dived into the ground, righted, burst into flames. Resta was hurled headlong with terrific force against a fence-post, semi-decapitated, horribly mangled. His mechanician fell free, damaged but slightly. A few days before, Resta had called Brooklands "the easiest course in the world." After he won the U. S. championship in 1916, and six other...