Word: australian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Havre de Grace, Sportsman Whitney welcomed the challenge. He stipulated, however, that Winooka should first prove himself "against one or more of our first-class Eastern horses . . in order to show the public his real quality." Manager Naylor was incensed at what he took as a "direct insult to Australian racing." but agreed to enter Winooka at Laurel last week. Meanwhile he continued negotiations over weights and distances for the prospective match with Equipoise. Mr. Whitney consented to race at seven furlongs (seven-eighths of a mile) instead of a mile, and for cash instead of a trophy. When Manager...
...better aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified and specialized form of the Australian crawl, will be used extensively by the Harvard swimming teams this winter," Coach Ulen said Saturday. In taking this action, Harvard will be the first Eastern college to adopt this style...
...attempt to discover why the great swimmers of Europe and America had been beaten, the coaches carefully studied the little men as they plowed through the water. They found that the crawl used by the Japanese was fundamentally the same as the so-called Australian crawl; but since the Japanese race is composed of small men, certain modifications had been made which were adapted to the shorter arm movememt of the swimmers. In the first place, the Japanese were completely relaxed in the water. There was no tension of any part; every muscle was loose and ready for work...
Aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified form of the Australian crawl, are to be adopted by the swimming squad it was learned recently. Although this style is specially adapted to short men, it can be used to equal advantage by taller men, according to Coach Ulen. If a man excels in another form, he will be allowed to continue in that style...
...Evans' heroism. During the War he was in command of the Broke when that destroyer and the Swift fought off six German destroyers in 1917. Three times since the War he has been given medals for saving life at sea. He has been C.-in-C. of the Australian Navy and has written a number of healthy adventure stories for boys. What took this most gallant officer to the blazing heat of Bechuanaland was the disgraceful conduct of a lecherous Scotsman known as Phineas Mackintosh...