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...boys say that it never rains in Ann Arbor before 6 p.m., when football practice is over; Crisler won't let it. He seldom bawls anybody out, but when he does, it takes. Sample: "Confound it, if you want to be sensational, bounce the ball, turn a somersault, then pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Kelly also noted the acceptance by the N.C.A.A. of two former "stunt dives" as regular events, both packing high degrees of difficulty. Developed at Ohio State, a running double twisting forward one-and-a-half somersault, has been rated at 2.8, and a back one-and-one-half twisting somersault carries 2.6 as its multiple...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Squad Readies for hard Winter Schedule | 12/12/1946 | See Source »

...Star," says McKelway, "is an old lady, and it would be unseemly for her to turn a somersault on the Mall. I don't think we're stodgy. Mr. Noyes used to say, 'Let them say we are stodgy and dull. At least, they know that our editorial columns cannot be bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hitched to the Star | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...Communist Daily Worker ran the whole range all by itself. In seven successive daily editorials, it did a complete backward somersault and ended party-side up. No. 1 : "Wallace repeated the major fallacies advanced by most apologists for American imperialism. . . ." No. 3 : "He did say a lot of good things in his speech. . . " No. 5: "Mr. Wallace has correctly sensed the mood of our people." No. 7: Hallelujah, comrades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Scramble | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

Last week, in practice, Anderson thumped the big board at Bainbridge (Md.) Naval Training Station, sailed up and into a perfect double twisting forward one-&-a-half somersault-a dive he had invented himself. After that, it was no trouble to win the National A.A.U. high & low-board championships with comparatively easy jackknives and gainers. Said Anderson: "My sense of balance still isn't what it should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off on the Right Foot | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

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