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...come that a thoroughly competent coaching staff has been provided to guide them in their labors. And one other thing will be found, too, which cannot be got at any odd institution that calls itself a college just because it has a coach and a cheer and a grandstand. That is that at Harvard the game is designed for the enjoyment of the players. Whatever ill winds may be blown around from time to time, to the contrary, it is nevertheless true that the amateur spirit hovers over Soldiers Field. So it is gratifying that more men than before...
...pari-mutuel horserace gambling in 1934. Promoter O'Hara quickly organized Narragansett Racing Association with the help of friends, bought 130 acres from an oldtime Woonsocket saloonkeeper for $150,000, built a track in seven weeks and began running profitable races before the paint was dry on the grandstand. Taking 62% of all bets made, besides gate receipts and concessions, Narragansett piled up a clear profit of $507,000 for 1935, which made it financially the best track in the U. S. (TIME...
...American League the Yankees were leading the Chicago White Sox by four games on July 4. In the National League the Chicago Cubs had not been headed since June 15. Last week's All-Star game, opened by President Roosevelt's toss from the grandstand, paralleled the league standings in that Yankee players paced the American League play, Cubs paced the National...
...State and the Delaware Steeplechase & Racing Association, Delaware Park (near Wilmington) aims to fill the gap in fashionable Eastern racing between the closing of Belmont Park in June, the opening of Saratoga in August. Noteworthy feature of the plant is a lawn that slopes sharply down from the grandstand to the track to permit spectators to see races without going back to their seats...
...Ford or William Knudsen by a Chevrolet, he would feel as President Jack Frye of Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. felt when, landing at Pittsburgh with ten other passengers in a TWA plane, the tail wheel snagged and the big Douglas ground-looped, smacking its wing into a temporary grandstand. Injuries: none...