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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Booming along between 3,000 and 4,000 ft., the Sun Racer crossed the Alleghenies in a cold fog. Over the radiotelephone from the airport at Pittsburgh came reassuring word of good visibility below 1,700 ft. Pilot Ferguson listened to the staccato hum of the radio-beacon in his earphones, reported his position as ten miles east of Pittsburgh, said he was coming down to land. Nellie Granger poked her head into the pilot's cabin, asked him what time they would be down. Said Ferguson, "About 10:12." The hostess went aft, saw that the eleven passengers...
Hammer Throw--Won by E. L. Young '37, 164 ft., 3 1/2 in. (handicap, 35 ft.); second, C. Ruch '38, 163 ft., 7 in. (45 ft.); third, N. L. Cahners '36, 162 ft. (scratch...
Shot Put--Won by B. M. Litman '38, 42 ft., 10 in. (scratch); second, R. P. Randall '39, 41 ft., 4 in. (5 ft.); third, C. D. Dyer '39, 40 ft., 3 1/2 in. (3 ft...
Discus--J. H. Herrick '38, 149 ft., 7 in. (20 ft.); second, B. M. Litman '38, 143 ft., 3 3/4 in. (30 ft.); third, M. Millard '36, 138 ft., 10 1/2 in. (scratch...
Their nine-man squad averages 6 ft. 5. Centres Willard Schmidt and Joe Fortenberry are 6 ft. 9 and 6 ft. 8 respectively. When the team travels, they sleep on hotel bedroom floors. They have perfected a technique called "dunking," with which they score by jumping up above the basket, dropping the ball into it. On the defense, they prevent opponents from scoring by batting the ball out of the basket...