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Limmer ski boots, approaching in their field the status of Louisville Sluggers in baseball, have brought respect and renown to Peter and his boot-making family. The Limmer boots are definitely a family affair; his wife and two sons work along with him in the production of these eagerly-sought downhill delights. Working as a team, Peter, his wife, and his sons, Peter Jr. and Francis, yearly turn over 100 pairs of handmade ski boots, spending the rest of their working time on his equally famous one-piece walking shoes and climbing boots...
...Yardlings, behind twice during the course of the game, displayed more speed than they have shown all year. Driving a hard, well-placed boot past the Nichols goalie in 11:48 of the second quarter, Jay Moffat climaxed a strong offensive drive to pull the locals to an even count with the Nichols team...
Night, sailing was no better. The Dutch are great ones for fishing instead of earning on honest living, and every evening they get out of bed, yawn, and set out for a night with the nets. We found they were very economical fishermen to boot. When a Dutch fisher man reaches his favorite fish hole, he generally shinnies up the mast and blows out all his riding lights to save kerosene. This means that at any moment the erstwhile yachtsman is prone to destroy the means of a fisherman's livelihood with a sharp blow below the waterline...
...Jethroe deal provided enough revenue for Ricky to be able to write off the losses of last fall's unfortunate venture into the All-America football conference. The loss on the football Dodgers in 1948 has been conservatively estimated at $300,000. And Rickey got six minor leaguers to boot (whose names will be given on October...
...Detroit, the boys have adopted a high-laced boot cut on heavy ski-boot lines, which makes an impressive clatter in high-school corridors. For girls, the ballerina slipper is fashionable for anything from study hall to football games. In either sex, of course, only a "squeegie" would wear...