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...Woodworth had with him his sweater with the varsity "N" (Northwestern) on it. That might bring him luck. It had in football. He never wore a headguard but he never got hurt. Knute Rockne of Notre Dame had respected the Northwestern team, called Woodworth one of the greatest guards in the country. But outboard motor racing is different from football; the whole thing depends on your engine more than yourself. No use fooling with your gas on a race as long as this; leaded or etherized gas has speed but lacks power, and Woodworth needed power to make the light...
Fokker tri-motors (35 in number) of the type in which Knute Kenneth Rockne and seven others crashed to death in Kansas six weeks ago (TIME, April 13) must be inspected by Department of Commerce agents before they can be restored to service. That inspection-a lengthy procedure involving removal of the plywood covering of the wings-must hereafter be undertaken regularly by the operators. The ailerons of the wings must be equipped with a counterbalance to make their manipulation easier...
Because the crash that killed Knute Rockne and seven others in Kansas last month (TIME, April 13) has yet to be fully explained (beyond the simple fact that a wing of the Fokker plane pulled off) the Department of Commerce last week took drastic action. It suspended all Fokker trimotors of the 1929 type from passenger service until experts of the Department and the Fokker company make a thoroughgoing inspection of each craft. Said Assistant Secretary of Commerce Young: "No reflection of any kind upon Fokker aircraft or its basic design or original construction. The only point involved...
...stories carried by the press on the death of Knute Rockne I liked best the two opening paragraphs of the story by William Ritt, Central Press Sports Editor. Perhaps TIME would care to print them...
...years head coach at St. Louis University, Anderson coached the Notre Dame line last year. His first assistant will be Jack Chevigny, shrewd backfield man of the 1928 team, who also coached last year under Rockne. Anderson's title will be "Senior Coach"; "Head Coach" was buried with Knute Kenneth Rockne...