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Word: handicaps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crimson was second in the low and high shuttle relay feature. Mason Fernald, who is looking very good over the hurdles again, came very near making up the large handicap handed him but Rhode Island beat him out by a few feet. Fernald's time for the 110 yard highs was 15.8 on the gress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Nine Wins Third, Northrop Star of Track Meet | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Opposite him is oval-faced Movita (full name: Movita Castenada), 22-year-old Arizona-born Mexican singing & dancing actress whose chief handicap in Hollywood has been that Dolores Del Rio got there first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 2, 1938 | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...clambering out of the pool after each lap and sprinting around the edge, in a futile effort to catch Kendall. He was hampered by a buoyant attire of three life-rings and two pairs of waterwings. The medley was the only scratch event, the others being run on a handicap basis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tankmen Finish Season Gaily With Semi-Freak Meet, Dinner | 4/21/1938 | See Source »

...main event of the meet will be a handicap treasure hunt, with only qualified pilots entered. Information is handed out at the start which gives a clue to the first destination. The flyers will not have to land on any field not an airport. Sometimes directions will be laid so that actual landing will not be necessary. After the order of ordinary treasure hunts, the first plane returning to the starting point having fulfilled the requirements is the winner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flying Club To Participate In Intercollegiate Air Meet | 4/20/1938 | See Source »

...most exciting races of the afternoon was a half mile duel between Al Hanlon '39 and Rollo Campbell '41. Though Joe Donnelly '40 won the race with a fifty yard handicap to his benefit Hanlon and Campbell were the focal point when they ran abreast down the back stretch, Hanlon in the last few yards edging out Campbell. Hanlon's time was 1 minute, 57.3 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GEORGE DOWNING STARS IN UNIVERSITY MEET | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

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