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Word: fastest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...watch on the Yale sextet tonight will be Fred Burr, of the Eli first defense, goalie Harry Holt, and Captain Gil Humphrey, Burr, a Junior, is rated the fastest player on the Eli sextet, and Humphrey, along with his line-mate Dud Humphrey, is leading the team in scoring. Holt, who is considered by many the best net-minder in the League, turned in a beautiful game against the Crimson in the Yale nets last year...

Author: By Roger B. Linscott, | Title: Stickmen to Battle Yale Sextet In Play-off Clash Here Tonight | 3/4/1939 | See Source »

...wrestlers in his class for this part of the country. Likewise Duncan Longcope is favored at 175 if for no other reason, for his quick self-adaptation to varsity wrestling which, he has accomplished in the last few weeks. Be is now one of the fastest grapplers on the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Matmen Heavy Choice to Overthrow Quakers Today Despite Absence of Richardson, Star 145-Pound Grappler | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...Haynie, also of Michigan, swam the fastest two distance events in a dual meet since Willie Kendall left competition, with a 2:12.4 220 and a 4:58.8 quarter-mile. Other outstanding feats were Yaleman Dan Endwelse's approximate 133 points to win the dive and the Wolverine 300-yard relay team's 2:58.2 win over the Eli medley trio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale-Michigan, Princeton-Navy Meets Produce Exceptional Times as Swimmers Crack Records | 2/14/1939 | See Source »

...fastest skaters in the U. S. were not disgruntled over lack of gallery as long as a handful of ear-muffed gentlemen, seated in a little wooden coop, remained on the scene. For they were officials of the American Olympic Committee and they were selecting a team of eight to represent the U. S. in the Winter Olympic Games at St. Moritz next February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Oconomowoc | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...experience in the European (and Olympic) method of racing. In U. S., skaters race in a pack; the first man over the line wins. In Europe, there is no jockeying for position, no jamming at the turns. Skaters race individually; the man who covers the distance in the fastest time wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Oconomowoc | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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