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Also on hand for the preliminary passing and shooting drills was giraffe-like Ed Smith, last year's high-scoring Freshman speedster. Smith, a six-four center, averaged close to 20 points a game last winter, dumping in 30 against Dartmouth's papoose quintet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 36 Report for Hoop Practice At Hemenway | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

Hughes Sr. converted his Peerless into a speedster (see cut), raced it against one owned by Financier Hetty Green's son, and won. He raced against Barney Oldfield, the celebrated professional, and lost. The Hugheses moved to Houston, where Hughes Sr. looked for oil. With his partner, Walter Sharp, he struck oil in the Goose Creek field, but the two-edged "fishtail" bits used in those days broke on subterranean rock. Thereupon Hughes designed a conical bit with 166 cutting edges. That tool is the original source and still the main prop of the Hughes fortune, which now amounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Mechanical Man | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

First move on Harlow's list saw Wally Flynn returning to the end slot he had left two weeks ago to help the disastrous fullback situation. Speedster Paul Lazzaro moved up into the A team at the plunging post, with Sam Adams advancing from C to B behind him and Paul Shafer switching from his wingback spot as added insurance at full...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Harlow Reshuffles Squad to Find Possible Tiger Starters | 11/5/1947 | See Source »

...want is comaraderie with the average college boy anyway," said one venerable gendarme dispensing a ticket to a Harvard speedster yesterday who reported the fashion note...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Highway Law and Order Gets Out of Red in Cravat Style | 10/1/1947 | See Source »

...only a month since Speedster Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals, galloping into first base, had spiked First Baseman Jackie Robinson. Jackie, the first avowed Negro in the history of big-league baseball, looked at his ripped stocking and bleeding leg. It might have been an accident, but Jackie didn't think so. Neither did a lot of others who saw the play. Jackie set his teeth, and said nothing. He didn't dare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rookie of the Year | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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