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Word: loo-yd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...onetime teammate, Patrick Ryan. Leo Lermond won the mile race by a yard over his New York Athletic Club teammate Gene Venzke; behind them both came another New York A. C. runner, Frank Crowley. All three were far ahead of the defending champion, Ray Conger. Frank Wykoff ran the loo-yd. dash in 9.5 sec., a yard and a half ahead of Emmett Toppino of Loyola, three yards ahead of Eddie Tolan. But Tolan won the 220-yd. race in the fastest time ever made around a curved track, in a great finish against Ralph Metcalfe of Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Olympics | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

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