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...night last week before a crowd which had paid $40,000 to be in Madison Square Garden Tilden put the first ball of the first match in play and Richards returned it. Much fatter than he was in the old days, but still fast, a strong server, and with the possible exception of Borotra the best volleyer in the world, Richards had warmed up for the match by beating John Doeg, national amateur champion, four straight sets on an indoor court. Now, against Tilden, he started coming up to the net, ran out the first set 7-5. This first...
Thus Continental Shares, through which Mr. Eaton had hoped to work out his destiny, grew fatter and fatter. But it was not healthy fat. To provide Mr. Eaton with cash, Continental was forced to borrow from the banks. Declining markets lowered the value of its collateral. Between 1929 and last week the following shrinkages in Eaton securities took place...
...Mason City, Iowa, Mrs. Eugene Larson, getting fatter, sued for divorce. Said she: "My husband made it a rule to kiss me every time I lost a pound and strike me whenever I gained a pound...
Club Fellow has been out of publication for two months. Under its new owners it will become fatter, will be printed on heavier stock. Artist Alberto Vargas, who once painted the portraits of 25 glittering Ziegfeld showgirls in 25 days, will do the covers. Editor John C. Schemm hopes to have Club Fellow bursting with wit, humor, new gossip, sport. Douglas Brinkley. musicomedy skitster, cousin of Nell Brinkley who draws baby-faced beauties for Hearstpapers, will conduct a column of Broadway chitchat...
...Vincent Richards, onetime National Amateur doubles champion, fatter than he used to be but stronger, still reputed to be the best volleyer in the world: the Southern Professional Tennis championship at Palm Beach, beating in the finals Paul Heston, private tennis instructor to Publisher Edward Beale McLean of the Washington Post...