Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ward Line's Havana-bound list was abruptly added, last week, the President Roosevelt. Alphabetically, the new ship fitted in between the Orizaba and the San Jacinto. Actually, it at once became the unofficial flagship of the Ward Line fleet, featured in every advertisement as offering "expedited service (fastest ever known) between New York and Havana...
...just gaining recognition as an outstanding line player when injuries prevented him from playing during the rest of the season. This fall his pregame performances indicated that he would be a strong factor in the success of the Crimson line. Despite his weight he was one of the fastest charging linemen who performed in the Stadium this fall. His work in opening holes in the opposing lines contributed a great deal to the success of the Harvard offense. Yet no holding penalties are known to have been charged against him during the course of the season...
...June 16, a stock Franklin Sedan driven by Cannon Ball Baker, completed the fastest round-trip ever made by automobile or train between Los Angeles and New York, covering 6,692 miles in 6¼ days. ... On the trip east the time was 74 hours flat. ... On the return trip, the total time was 83 hours and 23 minutes...
...Cunarder Mauretania, fastest ship, has crossed the Atlantic in 122 hours...
...hours 51 minutes. With John Henry Mears, theatrical producer, Capt. Collyer established, last July, the round-the-world record (airplane & steamship) in 23 days. Last August, Tucker with Arthur Goebel piloting the same Yankee Doodle, flew from Los Angeles to Curtis Field, L. I., in 18 hours 58 minutes, fastest non-stop Continental flight for either direction...