Word: anchorman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gurley, who had previously won the mile, applied the coup de grace by bolting past the Eli anchorman on the back-stretch of the final lap, as spectators, officials and competitors surged onto the cinder track. If Yale had won this event...
...mile, Jim, Wheeler will carry for the first quarter followed by A1 Ruby, David Hamblett, and anchorman West Flint. On Saturday the whole team will get its first tryout in a full scale practice meet with Tufts at Tufts...
...eyes of the rope-men must be constantly kept on their anchorman, for he signals for all maneuvers. . . . There are various sorts of heaves, some long and steady, some short and jerky, some with irregular intervals. All these required much study and practice...
...anchorman, around whose hip-belt the rope passed to a double-hitch... had to observe the opposing team. . . . He gave signals verbally or by facial signs and he had the all-important job of taking in the slack or letting out the rope, by skillful handling of the 'knot.' Anchormen sometimes had knee trouble and broken arches but not heart strain...
Highlight for Harvard men at the Garden will be the invitation mile relay run against Yale. Although Eli has not been too strong in this foursome, Coach Jaakko Mikkola refuses to underrate their strength. Maddon, the Blue anchorman, is a steady runner; he clipped off a 50 flat in the Millrose meet. There is always the possibility, even a probability in this case, that Yale has a new man or two up in its bag of tricks...