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Word: brawley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...while, but gave them up as "too dangerous." Swarthout found a substitute in something closer to the ground by turning auto racer in big (270 cu. in. cylinder displacement), standard racing cars, then gave them up for earth-hugging midget (up to 145 cu. in.) racing. Last week, at Brawley, Calif., 50-year-old Ward Swarthout, now a grandfather, was happily racing just a couple of inches off the ground in the tiniest of all racers: micro midgets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Micro Midgets | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

...Laughs." At the Brawley races last week, racketing and roaring around the one-eighth-mile track, the little micros hit it up as high as 60 m.p.h. on the straightaways (record for the track: 11.8 sec.). Remarked one micro-midgeter: "When you're that close to the ground, 60 miles an hour is a hell of a lot faster than 120 in a standard-size car." Ward Swarthout's micro had a field day, beginning with two seconds and two firsts in the day's early events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Micro Midgets | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

...Harry E. Brawley, Pikesville, Md.; Phillip R. Burnamen, Tulsa, Okla.; Charles L. Harding 3d, Syesset, N. Y.; Phillips M. Herrera, Guatamela; Richard W. Hook, Medford, Mass.; Edward V. Keating, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Samuel F. Quarter one. Andover, Mass.; Arnold D. Rubin, Newton Centre, Mass.; Mark Abramowicz, Cambridge, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 222 Letters Awarded for Winter Sports | 4/29/1953 | See Source »

...present, four freshmen grapplers are undefeated. They are Phil Burnaman at 137, Harry Brawley at 147, Captain Dick Hook at 157, and Charlie Harding in the 167 pound class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity, Yardling Wrestling Teams Face Yale Today | 3/7/1953 | See Source »

...wrestling team is undefeated and unscored upon in four starts. Hank Brawley, recently advanced to the starting 147-pound post, will try to help preserve the mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Swimmers, Wrestlers To Risk Marks Against Exeter | 2/14/1953 | See Source »

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