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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These systems go through the Southwest where year-round transportation can be maintained easily. Elsewhere in the country the hurried traveler can splice his own air-&-rail way by hopping from iron horses to "tin geese" (see TIME...
...Round Trip...
...Captain Frank Monroe Hawks of the Texas Co. flew a Lockheed-Vega to Los Angeles in 19 hrs. 10 min. 32 sec. He rested awhile and returned to Roosevelt Field in the fastest transcontinental time?17 hrs.. 38 min., 16 sec. Total flying time for the round trip: 36 hrs., 48 min., 48 sec. Said he: "I do not think a transcontinental flight need be a non-stop affair. This, too, is still impractical and must be classed as a stunt. . . . Frankly, the only reason I made non-stop flights was to draw closer attention to the feasibility...
Espinosa had just finished his fourth and final round in the National Open Championship. He was getting ready to take a shower. He had holed a 75, for a total of 294. That was two strokes more than Walter Hagen had predicted would win the tournament this year. It was only one stroke more than Robert Tyre Jones Jr. had predicted would win. Somewhere near the last hole, Espinosa knew, Jones was finishing out his own final round. Jones had been four strokes under Espinosa at lunchtime. For Espinosa to remain in the lead for the title...
...astonishing reports came to the locker room. Jones had taken seven on two par4 holes. Incredible as it seemed, Jones, teeing off at the 18th, had already played 75 shots, the worst round of his medal championship career...