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General Arnold used a payoff phrase in describing these fighters and their improved descendants. He said that they were "medium-altitude fighters." This meant that they did all right up to a certain altitude (General Arnold allowed them some 16,000 feet), but lagged above that height. But he left the impression that despite this limitation they were thoroughly satisfactory fighters...
Never did Navy come as close to payoff humus as did Harvard on these two thrusts. Every time the sailor backs got going, the holes in Harvard's line mysteriously closed and swallowed the ball carrier in a morass of Crimson jerseys. HARVARD-NAVY STATISTICS H N Points Scored 0 0 First Downs 5 12 Net Gain Rushing 71 164 Passes Attempted 11 9 Passes Completed 2 2 Gained by Passes 37 22 Passes Intercepted by 0 2 Gained by Interceptions 0 13 Number of Punts 13 12 Average Punts 37 38 Punt Runbacks 15 36 Number of Penalties...
...fountainhead of corruption, willing to interest itself in almost any matter designed to defeat or circumvent the law." No one could open a bawdy house or gambling dive without Mc-Donough approval, and a McDonough okay was insurance that the police would rarely drop around except for a payoff. The payoff ran into staggering figures. San Francisco's 135 "regular, old-established" brothels and its hundreds of freelance tarts paid $400,000 a year for protection, its bookmakers $180,000; total take from all forms of vice was about $1,000,000 a year...
...days the Daily Double payoffs (a separate pool calculated like any other pari-mutuel payoff) were puny. Then on the third day 31 punters, lucky enough to have tickets on War Melody and Early Settler, got $881.70 apiece for their $2 investment.* Said Belmont's Pari-Mutuel Manager Mort Mahony: "So far none of Belmont's bettors have been extravagant...
...first half mile of Saturday's main event, the varsities of Harvard, Tech, and Princeton skimmed into a slight head wind prow for prow. Up until the Harvard Bridge Wagner was understroking the opposition and keeping up with them, but soon after Wag's boat got swinging at the payoff number, and the race was all over. With half a mile to go the Varsity shot the beat up to 34 for practice and went over the line at 37 in 9:22.8. Princeton was timed exactly five seconds later, and Tech finished eleven seconds behind the Tigers...