Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their opening games, the Viennese amazed the onlookers with their speed and long, swinging passes. The underslung, knuckle-kneed U. S. players met them with a massed defense, a short-passing attack. Though the ball flew like a heavy bird four times as often toward the U. S. goal as it hurtled like a bullet toward the Hakoans', it entered the latter three times, the former never...
...Motorist Parry steer with only one hand while setting a world speed record...
There's no doubt that modern life, with its mass production, speed, and machinery has taken much of the romance out of living. Of course, without these inventions we would never have a motion picture story of whaling life, such as "The Sea Beast", not being shown at the Metropolitan. But this latest of John Barrymore's screenings makes you somehow long for the good old days when the look-out's shout of "Thar she blows!" was answered by a lusty "Where away?" and from then on it was "Dead whale or stove boat", and not a pursuit...
...most attractive features of lacrosse, as well as being one of the most difficult departments of the game. It takes from two to three years for a player to acquire the ability to handle his stick with facility, and to catch and throw the ball with speed and assurance. Teams clever enough to keep the ball in their possession, have a big advantage over players who are inferior in this respect. In fact, it has been so certain in the past that a team would drop the ball every few minutes of play, that until very recently, the coaches...
...endurance, that it became necessary to reduce the halves to 30 minutes each. When the halves were 45 minutes, as in the old game, the swift pace invariably told, and the game slowed down as it neared its close. Today, the whole game is played at lightning speed, and the greatest thrills are found in the last moments of a close fought game...