Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Surprise of the week: Eleven Oregon State college players, unrelieved by substitutes, held powerful Southern California to a scoreless tie, broke the latter's string of 25 consecutive victories. U. S. C. made twelve first downs to Oregon State's one, gained 238 yd. to Oregon's 62. U. S. C. came nearest to scoring with a forward pass which Oregon Halfback Franklin intercepted on his goal line...
...eligibility rules are intended to exclude the first-string runners of the various colleges. Those eligible to run are all college men who have never competed in an I.C.4A. cross country championship, and who have not finished tenth or better in the sectional championships, such as the New England I. C. C., and Maine Intercollegiate Championships. Mere intention to compete in the future in a sectional championship does not make the runner ineligible. There is no limit to the number of entries from a college; and except for the above limitations, the entire cross country squad of any college will...
...charge of Freshman affairs, with Shaun Kelly, Jr. '36 of Richmond, as his assistant. Both men were presidents of their respective classes in their Freshman years, and both are now members of the Council. Bowditch is a member of the Varsity relay track team, while Kelly is a first-string end on the football team. They will manage the Freshman class elections and cooperate with the Freshman Union Committee in supervising the activities of the class...
...byproducts" Pro Vines can endorse is a new string for racquets called Sinu. He and several other players used it in last month's Pacific Southwest Tournament. Made not from catgut (sheep intestine) with which tennis racquets are commonly strung, Sinu is made from calf's tendon. Developed by Charles T. (''Tommy") Davis and Dr. George Aaron Sharp in Brooklyn, it has long been used as a substitute for gut in surgical sutures. It is manufactured like a textile. The gristly tendon is "exploded" into a tuft of fluffy white material like cotton, but much tougher...
...Chicago stockyards, had to stop when the road was blanketed by a cloud of smoke from peat fires. Behind him came another truckload of pigs driven by Ellis Johnson, who drove into the smoke, smashed into the rear of Talbot's truck. Behind Johnson came a string of five automobiles. One by one they disappeared in the smoke cloud, each ramming the car ahead. Eighth in line was Elmer Reiser who, suspecting a holdup, swung into the left lane and sped ahead. He smashed into a truck coming the other way. His truck kept on rolling, smashed into...