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...yard high hurdles--Three men in each heat qualified for semifinals. First heat--won by Collier (Brown); second, Furth (N.Y.U.); third, Smith (Stanford); fourth, Clark (Cornell). Time--14 4-5. Second heat--won by McCoy (Penn); second, Nichols (Stanford); third, Devoe (Yale); fourth, Young (Cornell). Time--15 1-5 sec. Third heat--won by Edmonds (Stanford); second, Webber (Southern California); third, Putnam (Dartmouth); fourth, Stollwerck (Colgate). Time--15 1-10 sec. Heat for fourth men (one to qualify for semifinals). Won by Stollwerek (Colgate). Time...
...same train. Conductor Kerlin was killed in a railroad wreck; Louise brought up her younger brothers and sisters. Dresser's songs had had some success and he helped her to a job in vaudeville, let her use his name. Later she sang with Weber & Fields, Raymond Hitchcock, William Collier; played parent roles in many pictures, notably Mother Knows Best...
...Thompson r.f. 5 0 0 1 0 0 Pursell, c.f. 4 1 3 1 0 0 Sarin, l.f. 4 1 0 2 0 1 J. L. Thompson, 2b. 4 2 2 5 0 1 Reaser, c. 2 0 0 5 0 0 Collier, c. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Murberg, p. 1 0 0 0 1 0 Woodstin, p. 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carney...
...Carroll, impish imitator of the grimaces and posturings of famed actresses. In this latest edition−a mockery fest which simultaneously jibes at world history, actors, producers, Broadway hits−Mimic Carroll simulates the jiggling gait of Beatrice Lillie (This Year of Grace), the lush, salivary speech of Constance Collier (the countess in Serena Blandish), the Jewish idiom of Fannie Brice (Fioretta), the long-legged, weaving rhythms of Gertrude Lawrence (Treasure Girl). He is far less successful in his one attempt to imitate a man, to catch the elusive implications of silent Harpo Marx (Animal Crackers). There are also...
...Collier went the whole route for Dean, fanning ten. Harvard never threatened except in the seventh when three hits put two runs across after two were out. Both teams made only five hits apiece, but the visitors were able to capitalize the four Harvard errors...