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...photographic series on this page shows in detail the Big Rod power that broke the back of the Crimson defense in the Stadium Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Action Shots Speak Louder Than Words of Cornell Power | 10/17/1950 | See Source »

...rod" racing, like drugstores, drive-ins, funerals and mysticism, had reached a peak of development in Los Angeles that was unequaled anywhere else. In fact, Los Angeles cops, in their standard patrol cars, had lost all hope of catching up with the young hot rodders who steamed happily at 90 m.p.h. or better across open fields and along express boulevards. Last week the cops put into service four souped-up 1950 Fords decked out in the standard black & white police paint job, but fitted with souped-up 110-h.p. hot-rod engines. "It gives these smart alecks a shock when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Progress | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

...Commuters forward pass combination of the Redmond brothers, Paul to Ambrose, furnished most of the afternoon's action, posing Dudley's only scoring threat. But in the third quarter, during a sustained passing attack, Kirkland's Rod Robbins intercepted a long pass and ran untouched for 40 yards to score the game's only touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Beat Dudley, 6-0; Bellboys Tie Funsters, 0-0 | 10/13/1950 | See Source »

Several new mechanical devices have become a part of the Crimson practice routine. One--an offensive dummy machine--consists of a string of five dummies fastened by airplane cable to a rod at the top and to hooks driven into the ground at the bottom. Jordan used the machine at Amherst, but with chain instead of cable, which has sufficient spring to throw a would-be blocker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Sock 'em" Is Latest Football Cry | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

...held a record-breaking 977-pounder, heaviest tuna ever taken on a rod & reel (old record: 927 Ibs.). Commander Hodgson, 49, a fisherman in the best tradition, claimed he had seen an even bigger one that day. Said he: "It just wouldn't bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Catch | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

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