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Twitchell won the 120 high hurdles in 15.2, with Rittenburg second. And he won the 220 low hurdles in 23.5, with Yale's Larry Reno second and Rittenburg third. He took second and Rittenburg third. He took second behind Yale's former polio victim Hank Thresher in both the 100 and 220. Thresher wasn't bothered by anything as he did a sizzling 9.8 in the 100, and 20.8 in the 100, and 20.8 in the 220. The latter would have been a record except for the back wind...
...start in business running a carnival wheel of fortune and is now a leading citizen of Nevada. Every year Smith hands out $90,000 or more in scholarships to deserving high-school seniors, another $100.000 or so to such organizations as the Boy Scouts and Community Chest. The Reno Day Home, a nursery run by Catholic sisters, is a Smith philanthropy; the local Methodist Church paid off its mortgage with $5,000 from Smith; Mormons and members of the Church of the Nazarene have also benefited from his bounty. The source of Smith's largess: gambling. As head...
...gamble at all; it is a cold business deal that he has made with the law of averages. By combining the caution of a banker, the calculations of a mathematician and the promotional genius of a crack retailer. Smith has made Harold's Club the biggest business in Reno and the biggest gambling house in the U.S. Last year an average of 10.000 customers jammed into Harold's every day. bet well over $100 million over the year that they could beat Ray Smith's partnership with chance. Upwards of 30% of them succeeded. But from...
...Alonzo and Harold, decided long ago that volume was the key to casino success. The operator of a smalltime roulette wheel in Modesto, Calif., Smith had to close up shop in the '30s when he "backed the wrong man for district attorney." Ray sent his son Harold to Reno, and soon the young man started Harold's Club with the old family roulette wheel and two battered nickel slot machines. Then Smith and his other son joined Harold...
...Reno was a heavy favorite in last year's freshman hurdles. His times were better than the Crimson's Bob Rittenburg, but Rittenburg beat him that day, and won three other events. Rittenburg also took two firsts in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton triangular meet this winter...