Word: dives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from entering Rawstrom in the furlong and quarter-mile, the Gymnast coach, Charlie Silvia, won't have much to offer the Crimson mermen. Frank Powers ought to keep Rawstrom busy in the 220, while Captain Rusty Greenhood is a sure winner over Bob Monerly and Carlton Condon in the dive...
Yale opened its season by trimming its Alumni, 38 to 28. Danny Endweiss's 124.97 points-first in the dive stands out as the best Eli achievement, while Captain John Good, Ed Gesner, and Paul Metcalf looked well, Sprinter Eric Perryman and backstroker Joe Burns were a bit disappointing...
...required dives for the low board remain the same as before, but the high board is used for all meets if the opposing team's divers have three-meter facilities at their home pool. First new dive is the "flying somersault forward, running," which is simply a conventional swan dive with a quick flip on the end of it. The "somersault backward" is just what it says it is except that the diver's body is kept perfectly stiff throughout the dive...
...third compulsory dive is the familiar half-gainer with pike (jack-knife position), while the fourth is described as the "backward spring, forward dive. This flip-flop is the same as the regular back-jack-knife, but it omits the jack. Fifth dive, the "half-twist backward," is the fourth dive with a half-twist added, the diver entering the water facing the springboard...
Besides this criticism of capitalism in its present state, Professor Rogers adds five other reasons for the existence of our nine-year business dive. The freezing of capital by banks which are afraid to invest in business enterprises is a contributing factor to the reluctance of industrialists in maintaining and increasing output. Related to both of these evils is the current mutual antagonism between business and the administration, which Professor Rogers cites as another guarantee of a long depression...