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Washington newsmen descended on Ghost Artists and at its headquarters in residential Georgetown, found a prosperous-looking man named Hugh Troy, 44, who described himself as an illustrator of children's books. His little outfit, said Troy, had been operating for a couple of years (without advertising). Among its satisfied clients, he said, without naming any, have been military men, Government officials, doctors, businessmen and art students, as well as a Wall Street broker who commissioned an entire exhibition in order to break into "arty circles." Obviously, said Troy, he could not reveal the names of his staff artists...
...Hugh Troy's old friends found his latest enterprise fascinating. They remembered instances of other fascinating Trojan enterprises. In 1927, when he was living in Manhattan, Jokester Troy bought himself a park bench that was an exact duplicate of the kind used by the city. Then he had some merry hours hauling it in & out of Central Park-happily waving his bill of sale after police hauled him off to the station. Later, Troy and a few good friends equipped themselves with work clothes, picks, shovels and roadblocks, spent an industrious evening digging a ten-foot hole...
...Troy's latest jape may not be up to some of his old ones, but he finds that it has helped to relieve the monotony of life in the capital...
...little-known sport. The U.S. won the team title in the 1936 Olympics, and in 1948 Major George B. Moore (who was killed in action in Korea) won an individual second place. Last week at West Point, 13 officers and enlisted men, captained and managed by Captain Guy Troy, were cheerfully knocking themselves out at what is often called the "overall Olympic sport...
...trick for the Crimson with three goals apieon. Dick Clasby scored twice, while Greeley, Bill Bliss, Nat Harris, George Chase, and Tony Patton each got one. Brad Richardson, who had played the previous day in the Williams goal when the Ephmen's regular goalie was delayed in getting to Troy, took over in the Crimson nets from Nate Corning. Richardson also played in the Dartmouth game...