Word: relays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...while the unseen U.S. audience grew from 5 million radio sets to 127 million radios and 38 million TV sets, NBC kept the air buzzing with such big names and pioneering feats as the Clicquot Club Eskimos, Amos 'n' Andy, Graham MacNamee and the first short-wave relay from England (1929), Milton Berle, Howdy Doody, Arturo Toscanini, and the first coast-to-coast telecast of a World Series (1951). Last week, as part of the four-day birthday convention at the color-blinding new Americana Hotel, NBC presented TV shows by Perry Como, Dave Garroway and Steve Allen...
Griff Winthrop, Clifton, Stu Ogden, and Lind took the 400-yard freestyle relay for the Crimson...
...varsity took the 400-yard medley relay, a new event, in 4:11.8. Bill Murray, Sigo Falk, Bill Hoadley, and Jon Lind won the race. Dyer took the 220-yard freestyle, in 2:10.5, while Seaton took second for the Crimson and Kohlman third for Tech...
...Aussie who tries a seaweed diet and even hypnotism to help him along, sliced through the water as if a shark were snapping at his toes, set a new Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle, helped his teammates set a world record as they took the 800-meter relay, then came back to whip New York's George Breen in the gut-wrenching 1,500-meter grind...
While the Yardlings showed a good deal of depth in most all positions, Bill Boecklers was most impressive in the 100 yard freestyle. His winning time was 55 seconds. The team took firsts in nearly every event although it dropped the 150 yard medley relay. It came back, however, to win the 200 freestyle relay...