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...shuttle re45lay affair is run over a straightaway with two men at each end. The first man runs over the 110-yard distance, hands the baton to the man at the other end, who returns back over the same length returning the baton...
...crowd. Bonthron, now married, has retired until the third Princeton Invitation Meet in June.* Joe Mangan, one-time Cornell miler who defeated Cunningham last month, was recovering from influenza. These two were scarcely missed as a cheering crowd watched Venzke dodge Cunningham's heels. On the last straightaway, with 40 yd. to go, Venzke unleashed a spurt, split the tape 6 ft. in front. To Cunningham went the credit of setting so fast a pace that the winner set a new world record: 3 min. 49.9 sec. In the final track event a hawk-nosed, granite-jawed Syracuse junior...
...test of skill is provided, too, in navigating the bus around the loop. At the very start, a narrow door presents no mean obstacle, and is immediately followed by a difficult curve which exacts close concentration to keep the trolleys on their cables. Then comes the straightaway in which the maximum speed of 88 m.p.h. can almost be reached before the brakes must be applied...
Newsfolk in Italy work under the only Dictator who knows journalism's every twist and straightaway. In personal letters to friends abroad last week Rome correspondents built up a backlog of excited rumor against which Il Duce's way with the Press blazed with startling highlights...
...marble-smooth surface in the spring. There is no dust. Moisture in the salt cools friction-heated tires. The salt's resistance minimizes skidding. There are two concentric circular tracks at Bonneville, one twelve and a half miles around, the other ten. For Sir Malcolm a 13-mile straightaway was laid out near the Western Pacific Railroad tracks which cross the flats from east to west...