Word: fronted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sophomores will be the mound opponents this afternoon. W. H. MacHale '31 will ascend the Crimson hillock, and should have little trouble in stemming the local bats. Adams, of Tufts, is also a sophomore, and stands in the front line of Eastern college pitchers. He has been the mainstay of the team's twirling staff all year, and has turned in several creditable performances, the most notable being a two-hit game against Northeastern early in the season...
...automobile, now definitely in production and soon to be offered to the motoring public. From an engineering standpoint, the distinctive feature of the Ruxton (named for W. V. C. Ruxton, partner of Spencer Trask Co., bankers, and a director in New Era Motor Car Co., Ruxton builders) is the front-wheel drive, previously used in only a few trucks and racing cars.* Sponsors of the Ruxton maintain that the pull of the front-wheel drive is a more efficient application of power than the push of the conventional rear-wheel drive. More apparent to the layman is the ground-hugging...
...competition. In 1912 Ralph De Palma led for 499 miles, broke down, pushed his car the last mile, finished among the leaders, was disqualified. In 1925 Harry Hartz finished fourth, having driven the last half of the race with his car's frame sprung out of line, the front axle bent, the steering post torn loose from its bracket, a film of oil squirting in his face...
Mascots were plentiful. Peter de Paolo drove this year, as usual, with his small son's first pair of shoes wired to the front springs...
They'd flowers in front of your picture, Vachel...