Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Liner Mauretania, swiftest pride of British fleets, found themselves in Manhattan only a little more than five days after leaving England-"second fastest boat crossing of all time." The Mauretania's 1924 record of five days, three & one-third hours has never been bettered. Before the Mauretania, new speed champions were built at the rate of twelve every 50 years. But there has been talk, which had become more specific by last week, that great wharves were about to be built at Montauk Point (at the easternmost tip of Long Island) for U. S. transatlantic steamships, that the Pennsylvania...
...next day at Felts Field were held minor speed races for various trophies from all over the U. S. The Army raced the Navy; Marine Corps raced Army; commercial planes of various specifications raced one another; private planes raced; stunt flyers gyrated; parachute jumpers floated. No astonishing speeds were made. Twenty thousand Spokaners cheered and shivered to see the ships go by. At the Lido, Venice, Plight Lieutenant Sidney Norman Webster, one of the British entrants for .the Schneider cup, broke all speed records with an average of 281.488 miles an hour. The best previous record, 246.496 miles an hour...
Guarnaccia rose suddenly to first team rank last year because of his great speed and weight and his accurate passing. As yet a relatively inexperienced player, he possesses possibilities for much development. As a ball carrier he is strongly reminiscent of A. H. Miller '27, former University sprinter and full back. With almost Miller's speed, Guarnaccia is lighter and better able to vary his pace than his predecessor, and more dangerous to opposing teams because of his passing ability...
...Burns' Speed May Count...
Burns' chief recommendation is his speed. One of the leading short distance sprinters in the University, he shows up to even greater advantage on the gridiron than on the track. In an open, speedy system of attack Burns might well prove a valuable factor. Whether or not his field judgement would qualify him to direct Crimson football fortunes through the important encounters of the season is a question which time alone can decide...