Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Columbus games in Manhattan last week, the world's greatest miler, Glenn Cunningham, crouched on the same starting line with the year's flashiest middle-distance man, swiftfooted Negro John Borican. The distance was 1,000 yards, for which Elroy Robinson set the world's outdoor record of 2 min. 9.7 sec. in 1937. Veteran Starter Johnny McHugh, who has been sending track men off the mark for over 30 years, after two false starts raised his shiny little pistol and fired. They were away...
With the Andover meet, first outdoor test for 1942, hardly more than a month away, Coaches Mikkola and Neufeld are working overtime in the Cages and under the Stadium to whip into shape a Yardling track squad with few stars, a near vacuum in several events, and bad probation trouble...
...protection of buildings against bomb splinters Britain now has on hand 127,000,000 sandbags. For civilian protection the Government has accumulated 50,000,000 ordinary gas masks and 940,000 special masks for men who will be on outdoor duty even during air raids. Britain's population is 44,500,000. Since millions in the rural sections will probably never need a gas mask, many a Briton in London and other big cities will have a mask not only at home but at the office...
...present the team is practicing in Briggs Cage, but they will begin outdoor practice as soon as the weather permits. Right now it is difficult to estimate the team's strength on the basis of its indoor activity, however with a defense which is big, fast, and experienced, the prospects look fairly good...
...Outing Club, however, transferred its activities to an "outdoor evening" on Hilton Field which was attended by more than a thousand people, with skating and skiing on the program...