Word: stadium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...five years older and 86 Ib. lighter was as unfair as it sounded. Now, on a windy evening with rain pattering on rows and rows of empty $20 seats, they became aware that the spectacle under the warm cone of light at the centre of the Madison Square Garden stadium was an exciting contest between a clever, courageous boxer and a nervous, clumsy monster, embarrassed by his own size and the hostility of the crowd. When Loughran ended the fifth round with a smashing right to Camera's chin it looked for a moment as if the little...
...assembled orchestra available he put an advertisement in the newspapers. For his first Mexican concert he hired 40 players. By the time he reached the 29th concert he had no musicians under his baton. When he returned to New York in the summer he conducted the Philharmonic in the Stadium series (TIME, Aug. 21). Twice the audience rose to cheer him. But Iturbi well knew when he went to Philadelphia that a formal winter engagement would be a stiffer test, that success depended largely on the response of the men at rehearsals...
...last day of the University Handicap Meet cold weather forced Coach Eddie Farrell's track men to seek the shelter of the Briggs Cage and the old baseball cage for all events except the 50-yard dash which was run on the Stadium track. Three Sophomores took first places in the seven events that were held yesterday afternoon...
...first half of the University Handicap Track Meet held yesterday afternoon, 65 men from all departments of the University competed in six events, using both the Stadium track and the track in the Briggs baseball cage. John P. Sheu '35, and Alfred B. Hallowell '34, tied for first place in the mile and a half run, both being clocked at seven minutes, four seconds. Bay Estes 2G.B., took second place in this event, Charles F. Woodard '35, third, and Arthur Pier '35, fourth...
...warning cafe proprietors to clear their terraces of siphons and heavy saucers. A dozen times angry crowds, led by Royalists, were beaten back by police reserves. Meanwhile the first duel resulting from Stavisky revelations was fought by Deputy André Hesse and Lawyer Joseph Beneix in the empty stadium of the Parc des Princes which can seat 20,000. The duelists missed each other twice and stalked furiously from the field. When dapper Prefect of Police Jean Chiappe privately warned Premier Chautemps that he could no longer guarantee the safety of Cabinet members, the Chautemps Cabinet resigned, rioting stopped...