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Less than a minute remained to play, and a badly frightened Dartmouth third team tried to avoid ignominy by stalling for time, rushing over the line of scrimmage before the ball was snapped in an effort to use up the seconds. Each time the referee would impose a penalty of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Leads Dartmouth 29 Games to 11 in Statistics Of Encounters Since Series Commenced in Pre-war Period | 10/22/1937 | See Source »

Middleweights fight at 160 Ibs. and have two current champions. French Marcel Thil, who won the title from Gorilla Jones five years ago on a foul, is recognized by the International Boxing Union, but the New York State Athletic Commission, and the National Boxing Association recognize Tacoma's Freddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jacobs Carnival | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

Boats have raced their lifeboat crews almost as long as they have been meeting in the harbors of the world but not until 1927 did lifeboat racing come into its own as an international sport. In that year the old Neptune Association, an organization of deepwater shipmasters and licensed deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Safety Race | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

After collecting the judges' votes Referee Arthur Donovan announced that Louis had won the fight on points. The crowd of 50,000 in New York City's Yankee Stadium, amazed that Farr had not been knocked out or even knocked down booed the decision. But Negro Joe Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Louis v. Farr | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

Dudley: "There was a different feeling toward us. ... Not sporty good fellowship. . . . The referee attached to me stood so close to me he annoyed me. . . . It was patent the British wanted to win and win very badly. . . ."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ryder Cup Rumpus | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

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