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Schussboomer leaned back in his chair and gently blow a smoke ring toward the hat Rack. With a slight tinkle it landed for a perfect ringer, and the old master went on with his tale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schussboomer Tells Fearful Tale of Skis, Bones, and Tea | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...three harassed officials tried in vain to pull the traveler from the luggage rack to which he clung. At last, the carriage was uncoupled and shunted into a tunnel. There, in complete darkness, the adamantine passenger sulked and fumed. Not until the railway officials threatened to shunt his car onto a siding permanently did he finally consent to leave the train and wait for the regular 4:25 to Grantham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The New Owners | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

Even Priddy is not beyond acknowledging the possibility that the Yardlings could rack up an undefeated campaign. Pre-season tune-up tilts resulted in fabulous 12 to 2 and 19 to 3 wins for his charges, and in the campaign's first three tilts, the skaters, though held to smaller scores, showed greatly improved teamwork...

Author: By Denis M. Percutt, | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/7/1948 | See Source »

...magnet, hundred relay contraption that can take a lusty belt in the back. In the old days there were scarcely more than ten bumpers on the whole playboard, perhaps one or two runways, and no bonuses. Total score and tripping every bumper were the only ways to rack up free games; but the new devices coming out of Chicago, the pinball capital of the world, contain never fewer than a dozen bumpers, a horde of runways and dropslots, and various moving parts. Harry Saxe, pinball pioneer and proprietor of Harry's Arcade Spa sighs, "Luck is so important...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brute Force Replacing Skill As Pinball Becomes Lost Art | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

Chuck Hoeizer was also his usual capable self in the breaststroke race, taking top place, while Tom Drohan led two Tech divers to rack up a win off the board. Tommy Woods, up from last year's freshmen, managed a third in the backstroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity, '51 Swimmers Down M.I.T. | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

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