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Speed and decoration have overwhelmed slightly the humor of the evening. Hamtree Harrington is hired to induce hysterics and is not as thoroughly ridiculous as he has been previously. His material rather than his method seemed at fault...
...second set went in much the same manner as the first. Each player held his service for the first two games. A double fault by Briggs gave Harada the third game, and he captured the fourth as well...
...Little fault was found last Saturday with the way Cheek, Miller, Gebrke, and Zarakov performed. With an improved line in front of them their speed and weight should bring greater reward to day. Miller in particular has displayed brilliancy in the scrimmages this week. His two 18-yard gains on Wednesday featured that day's work. Cheek's running and defensive ability is admitted, and the fact that he is starting today, indicates that Coach Fisher is satisfied with his development along the signal calling line
...paper trifling, ill-informed, petty and unfair? Is its news full of transparent absurdities? Are its editorials ignorant and without sense? Is it written in blowsy slipshod English, full of cliches and vulgarities-English that would disgrace a manager of prizefighters or a county superintendent of schools? Then the fault belongs plainly not to some remote man but to a proximate man-to the man who lets such drivel slide under his nose...
...very diligently over his, pays particular attention to the rhythms and rhymes, is a meticulous versifier. Don Marquis writes in more robust mood. Arthur Guiterman is especially facile. His verses move rapidly. I imagine he writes them rapidly. That is often their chief charm as well as their great fault...