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Bewildered, Mrs. Joe Louis, sitting beside Author Carl Van Vechten, fainted dead away. Almost equally astonished, the rest of the crowd set up an angry roar. It continued, a disappointed and monotonous chant, until, in the twelfth round, long since dazed by the steady, systematic pounding of Schmeling's right fist against his jaw, Superman Louis went down again. This time, as he wriggled on the canvas, the referee counted...
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera seemed stunned for a moment, then suddenly let out a roar like a wounded bull. He took his cap and flung it straight over the head of the presiding judge at the figure of Justice on the wall, tore off his gown and stamped on it. "Bastards!" he screamed, "Bastards! Up Spain! There is no more justice in this country...
...famed Tommy Milton climbed into a coupe, crossed the starting line followed by 33 low-slung little racers, humming along in ranks of three, spaced 100 feet apart. After one slow "pacing lap," the coupe pulled off the track and the starter waved a green flag. Then, with a roar of opening throttles, the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race began...
Four hours 35 minutes later the starter flagged the field again. Slowing down and pushing up their goggles, the drivers of the 15 cars that had finished the race slowly became conscious of a roar other than the one made by their motors, that of the crowd to salute the winner. Louis Meyer of Huntington Park, Calif., who in 1933 became, with Tommy Milton, the only two-time winner of the Indianapolis race, had won it for the third time. His average speed (109.069 m.p.h.) was a new record for the event.. Driver Meyer waved three bruised fingers...
...Harvard Narragansett season has opened on Plympton Street. Crowds roar and shout as favored entries speed down the home stretch, carrying the hopes and silver of many an enthusiastic bystander. The quiet of a Sunday evening gives way to the carnival spirit of a gaming crowd (Mass. Racing Commission please note). Not yet equipped with the full paraphernalia of the track, a shrewd Good Humor man would do well to seek such a lucrative location before the monopolistic possibilities of concessions are exploited...