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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Johnny Burnham, of last year's Yardling squad, gave the meet a good start by downing Cyrus Kano, of Tech in the 321-pound class. Burnham won the scrap by a reverse body press, in eight and a half minutes just short of the nine minute deadline...

Author: By Evan Calkins, | Title: CRIMSON WRESTLERS DEFEAT TECHMEN, YARDLINGS LOSE | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Veteran Ted Schoenberg, of the 128-pound class, a letterman of two years standing, will probably turn in the best performance this afternoon, with 155-pound Dick Thomas, another letterman, a close accord. Johnny Burnham and Tom Rogsiad, two of last year's numeral winners, will contend in the 121 and unlimited classes, while Senior Dick Davidson will grapple in the 165-pound spot...

Author: By Evan Calkins, | Title: GRAPPLERS TACKLE TECH IN OPENER THIS AFTERNOON | 12/7/1940 | See Source »

Fred Knight of the Traveler: "The Elis have the better passing attack, but they have no harder running backs than Charlie Spreyer. If Burnham plays for Yale, there will be little to choose between the forward walls. Yale is underrated, but both teams have come a long way since September. I'll give the Crimson a one-touchdown advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON SCRIBES PLACE BETS ON CRIMSON OVER BULLDOGS | 11/22/1940 | See Source »

...cement), whose grandson, Charles II, was kidnapped seven years ago, ransomed for $60,000. The Boettcher family put up $193,000, enabled Denver's Board of Education to get a PWA grant and build a $384,000 school. Designed in pale green concrete and glass by famed Architect Burnham Hoyt, it was easily the handsomest and best-equipped school for crippled children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cripples' School | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...Eliot Leighton, Blodgett Sage, Robert Keith Leavitt, Harold S. Anderson, Frank J. Heinz, Edward P. Freedman, James F. Foster, John George Heinz, Jose A. Machado, J. Milton French, R. H. Davison, Amos R. Bancroft, George F. Baker, James C. McMullin, Graham B. Blaine, Kern Moyse, F. C. Rieker, George Burnham, III, W. Willcox, Jr., Charles A. Coolidge, Richard Harte, Amory Coolidge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEXT OF LETTER FROM THE CLASS OF 1917 | 5/21/1940 | See Source »

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