Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first games of the year the lack of height of both centers and guards proved a severe handicap. Lately, however, the team has been successfully using the defensive tap. That is, the men have so arranged themselves that no matter which center gets the jump, they have a good chance to get possession of the ball. This opening strategy, combined with accurate hook-passing over the heads of the opposing guards, puts the Crimson within scoring range...
...order of events is as follows: track events; 40-yard dash at 3.30 o'clock, hurdles at 3.46, mile run 3.50, 300-yard run trials 4, 600-yard run 4.10, 300-yard run finals 4.15, and 1000-yard run 4.20; field events; shot put at 3.30, broad jump 4, high jump 4.30, and pole vault...
Kuehn will be out of the picture for the winter season as he dislocated his vertabrae during the football season. The Crimson has depended heavily of him for points in high-jump and shot...
What made the President jump was a despatch from British Nassau to the Cuban State Department, later "confirmed by the War and Navy Departments" to the effect that two schooners loaded with munitions were racing for the Cuban shores. Promptly the entire Cuban Navy (19 vessels) put to sea, and every Spanish-language newspaper in Havana was suppressed. Finally by executive decree, Dictator Machado conferred "upon all members of the Cuban Army and Navy, including officers, soldiers and sailors regardless of rank and whether on active duty or not, full powers to pursue police investigations and to make arrests...
...Central American coast. Pan American began four weeks ago to fly its mail over the new short-cut in consolidated Commodore flying boats. Although the ships have a 20-passenger capacity, the quota is limited to eight on the new service, to allow ample fuel load for the water-jump from Jamaica to the Canal-longest water-jump on any sched uled airline (662 mi.). Not only Pan American will scrutinize the new passenger operation, but also the observers for Imperial Airways and Aeropostale, interested with it in the projected transatlantic service. Meanwhile, profound mystery surrounded the sudden withdrawal...