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...Favorite target for McLaughry's mounds men is six-four senior John McDonald, a right end with a startling talent for cutting to his left, feinting opposition backers-up out of position, and receiving the ball, without either breaking stride or being unduly molested. Dave Thielscher, on the other side of the line, is not quite so gifted on offense. Thielscher, quite fast for his size, goes both ways and will often pull out of the line in a 7-1-2-1 defense to become an outstanding pass defender...
...Texas. Davis made a rubber fortune in Sumatra and got $12 million for the sale of his oil wells in Texas, spent his money lavishly on such items as $1,000,000 in bonuses for drillers and a golf course for his Negro servants. The Ladder became a favorite target for reviewers' darts, and Davis had to give away tickets to provide an audience. He squandered $1,300,000 on it before it closed in 1927 to the faint applause of 54 nonpaying guests...
...satisfying the demand to interest, amuse and inform such a mass public group, the press uses the name of the University not only because it has prestige, but also because it is a target for attack. Either way, the name of the University does have news value...
...banging the traps (well-banged by Jackie Cooper). There are moments of fun and stretches of farcicality. But even the parts that click are glaringly machine-made. What is most disappointing, in terms of Lindsay & Grouse, is less their being wide of the mark than their choice of a target...
Charles Green is a New York appliance dealer with a sharp eye for a quick profit. He buys stock in companies that make money, but pay small dividends, or none, then pressures the management into shelling out. Green's latest target is United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp., one of the biggest U.S. drug-and cigar-store chains (1,300 outlets...