Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That brought up Bruton, who used to be a speed demon before he injured his knee. Duren threw a strike and then two balls before Bruton lined the game-winning hit to the fence in right center...
...everything was not normal. Unaccountably, at a speed of 30 m.p.h. or more, No. 3314 rolled on through three successive signal lights-three clear warnings that a 300-ft. drawbridge span was open. Then, just short of gaping space, the train was derailed by an automatic safety device, bumped along the ties and plunged 40 ft. down...
Though such a loss is discouraging, the Crimson eleven's performance, which clearly dominated the soggy gridiron, was in many respects heartening. Its defense, bulwarked by captain Bob Shaunessy. Pete Briggs, and Hal Anderson, had the Buffalo backs in awe, and with a little more speed, the attack could have broken the game wide open...
Boulris is one of the shiftiest and most skilful runners in the Ivy League and Halaby has a fine fullback charge, but neither possesses the speed to make the varsity a real breakaway threat. Quite possibly this crucial commodity could be supplied by sophomore halfback Larry Repsher, who made some exciting long gains and may give Don Gerety strong competition for the starting right half-back spot...
...better. She has the appropriate freshness of face and figure, except for the eyelids, and is good at times; like Kulukundis, she is better at remonstrance than banter. But there came a time when her voice recalled the sound a tape recorder makes when played backwards at a high speed; fresh, perhaps, but unsettling...