Word: jumpings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...greyhound. Nancolleth Markable scrutinized his handler, then his owner, then the judge. At a wave of applause in the last minutes of the judging, he faced around to give the crowd a solemn look. When Judge Scudder handed his handler the rosette for first prize, he gave a jump and sniffed. To Gamecock Duke of Wales went the trophy for the best American-bred dog in the Show...
...come to the Olympics at their own expense to become better acquainted with winter sports. The Japanese fancy skaters, who had studied this sport in books, found it hard to keep their footing. Japanese speed skaters were outdistanced; two Japanese skiers were injured by turning somersaults olf the ski-jump and another, who fell down in front of the schoolhouse, amused Lake Placid children by his inability...
...jumping. The length of a jump on sMs depends largely on the topography of the hill. Ski-jumpers, who use especially wide skis with three grooves instead of one, to make them go straight, are judged on form. Ski-jump judges first picked 19-year-old Hans Beck of Kongsberg, Norway for two jumps of 232 and 208 feet. Then they changed their decision, ranked him second to another 19-year-old Kongs-bergian, Birger Ruud. Red-cheeked Ruud, who works in a gun factory, and whose older brother, Sigmund, finished seventh in the same event went...
...Henje, however, told their daughter what part of the ice to use, instructed her to keep her beady toque straight on her head. Attached to her dress, Sonja Henje had a rabbit's foot which she did not need. Her performance-a Paulsen, a spreadeagle, a Lutz jump, a Jackson Haynes spin, a backward sweep to the finish-was less original than polished and assured, but it caused 8,000 spectators (one of whom paid a speculator $60 for two tickets) to agree with the judges when she won the championship...
...with Lee doing 14 feet in the pole vault and with such stars as Pierce and Williamson around to take more point, the Eli, in sprite of Sutermeister, are scheduled to take the event in grand style. Harvard will rely on Morse, Shuebruk, and Ferriter in the broad jump in addition to suitermeister, and on Healey, Herman and Kuehu in the high jump...