Word: macpherson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard Freshman box score: AB P H PO A E MacPherson, cf 3 2 0 2 0 0 Lutz, 1b 4 0 1 6 1 0 Fulton, c 5 3 2 9 1 0 MacDonald, rf 5 3 2 3 1 0 Wood, ss 4 0 2 1 3 1 Moore, lf 2 0 1 1 1 0 Merrill, 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 Doran, 2b 3 0 1 2 3 0 Healey...
...aided by B.U.'s nine errors in the field. AB R H PO A E Curtiss, cf 4 3 1 2 1 0 Lutz, 1b 6 3 3 10 0 0 Fulton, c 4 3 1 7 0 0 MacDonald, rf 5 0 2 2 1 2 MacPherson, lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 Wood, ss 5 2 2 2 0 2 Merrill, 3b 4 0 0 0 3 1 Doran, 2b 3 1 1 3 2 1 Moore...
These were the first words addressed to an Australian farmer last week by two travelers whom he encountered in the fastnesses of the MacPherson Range, 60 mi. south of Brisbane. The travelers, named Binstead and Proud, were the only survivors of one of the most shocking crashes in Australia's air history. Near them was the charred wreckage of the plane containing the bodies of its two pilots and two other passengers. Farther away lay the corpse of another passenger who had plunged to his death off a cliff while trying to find help in the dark. Travelers Binstead...
...London-to-Melbourne air race which Sir MacPherson Robertson, Australian candy tycoon, backed with ?15,000 was supposed to demonstrate the superiority of British planes, of which one came in first (TIME, Oct. 29). But U. S. planes averaged best. To impress this superiority upon South America-and also, for the usual goodwilling-Elliott Roosevelt, 24, has lately been promoting an 18,500-mi. air derby round North & South America, to be directed by onetime Cavalryman Hugh Samuel Johnson...
First prize is $50,000 and a $2,500 gold cup; second prize, $7,500; third, $2,500. Donor of the prize money is Sir MacPherson Robertson, Australian candy tycoon. His sole stipulation was that the speed race must be completed within 16 days. British bookmakers found plenty of money to wager the race would be won in 86 hours. Record for the run was 6 days 17 hr. 56 min., made last year by Charles J. P. ("Unlucky...