Word: jumpings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last day of the races was marred by two more deaths. Attempting a spot parachute jump, a parachutist fouled his shrouds in the tail surfaces of the plane he was leaving. Plane and tangled jumper plummeted into Lake Pontchartrain. The plane's pilot was also killed. On the bright side, James R. ("Jimmy") Wedell, an adopted favorite son of Louisiana who builds fast little Wedell-Williams ships at Patterson, cleaned up most of the speed prizes without much competition. He won three firsts, did not break the record he holds for land planes (305 m.p.h.), but smashed the record...
...University Club's third annual New England intercollegiate Championships and sports authorities predict a nip and tuck contest for the team honors between the Crimson and the strong track squad that Dartmouth is sending to town. Besides the individual entries for the hurdles, dash, pole vault, and high jump, Coach Farrell has entered three relay teams...
...mark for the Crimson in this event. In the Half Mile, John Dorman '36 and Anthony A. Bliss '36 who are both fast middle distance runners are the Harvard entries. Francis Schumann '35 and John D. Woodberry '35 are entered in the Pole Vault and in the High Jump there is Luther Scheffy...
...Mellon National immediately after he graduated from Princeton in 1922, was made an assistant cashier two years later, vice president five years later. Able, affable, handsome, his favorite sport is foxhunting. In 1932 he entered two horses in the Grand National at Aintree but both failed at the third jump. An exceedingly eligible bachelor, he lives with his mother at No. 6500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh...
...Broad Jump: Won by J.D. Weiss IGB (1 ft) 21 ft. 8 in: C.E. Retche '37 (1 ft. 6 in) and J.D. Woodberry '35 (1 ft. 6 in) tied for second...