Word: lapsed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ Fred Spencer of Plainfield, N. J. and William ("Torchy") Peden of Vancouver. B. C.: one of the closest six-day bicycle races on record; by 14 points (for sprinting) from the teams of Norman Hill & William Grimm. Three other teams were in the tie for distance covered, 2,482...
Last Saturday the lambs were led to slaughter. The Varsity took a few laps up and down the Stadium turf. A small college team went home wondering what it was all about. Buffalo could undoubtedly do very well against a team of its own class, but in this case it...
Women pilots had fought bitterly and won the right to enter every race this year except the Thompson Trophy. Having the privilege, they did nothing with it, flew in no events until the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race for the George Palmer Putnam Cup, for women exclusively, was reached. This race...
More amazing than the prowess of the U. S. girl swimmers was the performance of several youths representing Japan. They far outclassed the U. S., whose men swimmers have won most of the events in previous Olympics. The first Japanese Olympic swimmers, competing at Antwerp in 1920, were peculiarly inept...
"I was thinking of that," said the young gentlemen. "You see, I spilled them when I was bringing in the groceries and if I don't hurry the rain will spoil them." Haste was suggested, but was as soon rejected by this watcher of his own iniquity. He sat for...