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Word: paces (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competition for places on the first eight this spring has not yet ended, according to Coach Heard. He will continue to alternate James de Normandie '29 and F. B. Lee '29 at stroke in order to arrive at a decision concerning their duel for the pace-maker's post. One other change in the seating made recently was the shift of F. E. Farnsworth '29 to a starboard oar at No. 3 in order to make place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREGG ELECTED LEADER OF LIGHTWEIGHT EIGHT | 4/20/1928 | See Source »

...Presidency in 1920, drove his automobile up Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan. So rapidly did he drive, with such reckless daring, that he hit one Peter Lorenzo, a laborer, and knocked him into the air. Policemen gave chase to James M. Cox Jr., for he did not slack his pace. They fired revolvers into the air and at the fugitive. Dodging and twisting through the traffic, James Cox hurtled through Manhattan, ignoring all traffic signals, deaf to the cries of spectators and the reports of the police pistols. At last, thinking he had eluded his pursuers, James Cox stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Drunk | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...finish, Crew D, stroked by Janies Lawrence '29, had a 12 foot lead over Crew C with Captain John Watts '28 as pace-maker. The other two shells were bunched slightly behind Crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREW D LEADS AT FINISH OF CHARLES RIVER RACE | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...boat favored by the statistics to win the inter-squad regatta is the one stroked by Captain John Watts '28, the pace-maker for Crew C. The four stern oarsmen of this shell, Watts, Guy Murchie '29, Oliver Ames '28, and B. J. Harrison '29 are more powerful and experienced than any of the other combinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR CREWS TO RACE IF WEATHER PERMITS | 3/31/1928 | See Source »

...races were run over a one and five-sixteenths mile course. The strokes had been ordered to keep the pace down, and as a consequence no exceptional times were turned in. Captain John Watts '28 did not figure in Saturday's race having been ill for several days. It is believed, however, that he will be back in action today. C. H. Pforzheimer '28, second University coxswain last year, was also idle due to illness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREWS BATTLE IN FIRST RACE TRIALS | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

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