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Without Levi Jackson, Yale's running attack almost disappeared: against the strong Columbia line even powerful Ferd Nadherny could break away only a couple of times. What was amazing was that with no speed threat to worry the New Yorkers' backs and ends, the Elis could complete 17 forward passes (out of 26 thrown) with a beautiful precision that was horrible to watch...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/15/1947 | See Source »

...biggest mule dealers cussed in concert as only men who have mingled with mules can cuss. They mentioned, in various uncomplimentary ways, the U.S. Government, the Department of Agriculture and the Mexican Government. But they saved their real whizbangs for a fellow dealer, Kansas City's Ferd Owen. When they had worked off their wrath, they got Texas' Representative Wingate Lucas to draft an odd bill for Congress. It would prohibit export of mules except by Government permit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mule Mixup | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

Make It on Horses. But not Ferd Owen. He went right on rounding up more mules. While the Department of Agriculture hemmed & hawed, he flew down to Mexico City to see Mexican officials himself. When he went home, Owen carried a contract to sell the Mexican Government 20,000 mules at the handsome price of $115 a head. That just about eliminated everyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mule Mixup | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...such fast maneuvering, slender, affable Ferd Owen, 58, has become the biggest mule and horse trader in the U.S. His natty suits, hickory cane, and diamond stickpin (shaped like a mule's head) belie his origin as the fifth of nine sons of a poor Missouri farmer. Ferd went to school for only six months. At 15, he went into business for himself as a "road trader," driving all over the Midwest in a covered wagon and swapping animals with farmers along the road. That sharpened his trader's eye; now he can tell an animal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mule Mixup | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

With their best playmaker and set shot out of action, the Crimson failed to produce a point for almost nine minutes, and the Bulldogs scored 10 points, paced by football heroes Art Fitzgerald and Ferd Nadherny, to take a 37 to 32 lead...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Conquers Yale, 46-42, with Final Spurt | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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