Word: ac
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Holy Cross 71, New York AC 62 Boston U. 70, Colby...
...Including (besides autos) Diesel locomotives, AC Spark Plug, Delco-Remy, Frigidaire, Hyatt Bearings, 26 others...
First, the Crimson is still as strong as ever in the weights. After last year's Olympic finalist Sam Felton (now in the Busy School) had defeated Dank Dreyer of the New York AC and Dartmouth's track captain, Jim Burnham, in an exhibition 35-pound weight competition, his undergraduate sucessors proceeded to sweep the practice meet 35-pound weight event. And big Don Trible had no trouble winning the 16-pound shot, with a good early season toss of 46 feet, 81/2 inches...
...Rapids (Mich.) boy, Curtice worked as a short-order cook, pushed a fruit cart, clerked in a woolen mill during high-school days. He worked his way through the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, and, after graduation in 1914 as an accountant, became a bookkeeper in G.M.'s AC Spark Plug division at Flint. Next year he became comptroller at 21, the youngest executive in the auto industry. After a hitch in the Army in World War I, Curtice returned to AC Spark Plug, and became its president...
Most people wonder how he does it. Unlike the famous New York AC "whale" back around 1900, who used to have a dozen raw eggs (shells and all) dipped in mustard for breakfast every morning, Felton eats normally, claiming there is no special diet for hammer throwers today. He weighs only 178 pounds...