Word: crews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...almost 16 hours, the twin-motored monoplane slid down at Hawaii with a new record for the jump. Next day, mechanics achieved a flurry of headlines by discovering "a potential disaster threat" in faulty lubrication of the propeller bearings. That fixed Flyer Amelia climbed aboard with two of her crew to take off for the 1,940 mi. hop to Howland Island. Down the ong concrete runway of Luke Field the ship shot at 60 m.p.h. Suddenly the left tire blew out. Lurching, the plane rumpled its landing gear, careened 1,000 ft.. on its bottom in a spray...
...Babson is a nice gentle man. He receives great publicity and has a large following but he has no academic standing." Convicted with Yalemen Mason & Garland was as pretty a crew of stock-jobbers and boiler-shop operators as ever hooked a widow, including Dave ("The Duke") Durbin, whose sales aids were white spats, a Japanese chauffeur and a Cadillac V16. One of the ablest was a handsome fellow named Walter M. Barr whose specialty was rich old ladies...
...games between Yale and Harvard intramural winners in the respective sports; the results of these contests, together with those of Yale-Harvard winners in fall and winter athletics, will determine which of the two universities will receive the Harkness Intramural Trophy this year. The Crimson Eli tennis match and crew race will take place here, while the baseball and golf clashes occur at New Haven...
...Crew Meeting Yesterday...
...Crew managers from the seven Houses and Dudley Hall met yesterday with Samborski to discuss the question of whether or not two trial heats will be held on Thursday, May 6, to reduce the number of boats in the final inter-House race on Tuesday, May 18, from eight to four. If this plan is followed only the winners of first and second in each of the trial heats will row in the final race, and the handicap of over-crowding due to having too many shells on the water will be avoided. Final decision was postponed till later...