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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While Brown, Princeton, and Yale have successively dumped his eleven, his promising sophomores have developed rapidly and should be able to act like veterans against the Crimson. Brown opened with a wet 18 to 7 victory at Providence despite a fine first showing by quarterback Clands Benham. Princeton's Tigere surprised with a 54 to 20 romp at Fraklin Field. But undefeated Yale barely overcame sophomore Benham's 13 pass completions in 20 tries to edge out Columbia, last week...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/16/1954 | See Source »

...Claude Benham, the sophomore quarterback, is a good passer, especially on the short ones u the middle. He hit on several of three early in the game, but didn't throw anymore...

Author: By Peter B. Taus, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/13/1954 | See Source »

Four-Man Bobsled. Germany's heavyweight team (total weight: 1,050 Ibs.), driven by World Champion Andreas Ostler, edged out the U.S.'s Stan Benham & Co. (weight: 970 Ibs.), by 2.6 seconds in four heats. Since added weight means added momentum, the Olympic Committee has ruled that hereafter average weight shall not exceed 220 Ibs. per man. Sighed one fat bobsledder: "It's diet or quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Andy Again | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...friendly little train that chuffs the nine branch-line miles between Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire and Watlington in Oxfordshire. Just one coach and an ancient engine, it sometimes waits for regular customers, has been known to back up for panting latecomers. One day the Flyer's fireman, Anthony Benham, 22, tooted the train's whistle at pretty Janet Croxford, 19; in due course Anthony asked for twelve days off to marry Janet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Proper Joke | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

...another winter world championship, at Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy's Dolomites, a U.S. four-man bobsled driven by Lake Placid's Stan Benham rumbled down the icy slide in 1:21.03, a new course record, to win by a narrow margin. Runner-up: Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scandinavian Field Day | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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