Word: ib
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...champion steer. In the ring were four finalists-a Hereford, a Shorthorn, two Anguses. One of the Anguses belonged to Oakleigh Thorne. Mr. Thorne could not forget that no individual had ever won the championship twice, that his entry in the ring, Briarcliff Model, was heavier (1,217 Ib.) than was nowadays popular. Judge Biggar passed his sensitive hands over well-meated ribs, examined shoulders, circled again & again. Finally he pointed to Briarcliff Model. There was applause. By now Farmer Thorne was an upstart Eastern breeder no longer. Technicians talked of "new contributions to animal husbandry," of "vastly improved stock...
...report came in tabulating production figures, calculated from June 17, at the beginning of the summer boomlet. Since that time the industry's operating schedules had declined from 47% of capacity to 44%. But since Aug. 15. said General Johnson, finished steel prices had increased from 1.979? per Ib. to 2.015?. Pig iron had risen from $15.94 per gross...
...good team. We've got a great back in Red Franklin, a fast, shifty, 160-lb. fellow who punts well and passes. The rest of the backs block for him. They average about 185 Ib. ... They had to be good to beat Washington State, San Francisco and hold Southern California to a scoreless tie. . . . The center, Clyde Devine, is 6 ft. 6 in. tall and weighs 191 Ib. The running guard who plays next to him is Vernon Wedin, eleven inches shorter and 190 Ib. in heft. They're a fine looking pair...
...players who start the game finish it unless someone is severely hurt; in three successive games this season, Oregon State used only one substitute. Most eccentric of all Coach Stiner's notions is his defense against a point after touchdown. His two prodigious tackles, Harry Field (223 Ib.) and Adolphe Schwammel (214 Ib.), each seize one leg of huge Clyde Devine, hoist him into the air to block the kick (see cut). Against Oregon, the play worked well. Against Fordham last week, it worked again. After Red Franklin's amazing 93-yd. runback of the kickoff...
Born, To George Terry Dunlap Jr., U. S. amateur golf champion (TIME, Sept. 25), and Kay Vogel Dunlap; a daughter. Weight: 6½ Ib. Name: Kay Terry...