Word: strokings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then the wind died. On the third day, the word spread that Slammin' Sam was hot. He got a 67, which moved him up to within one stroke of the lead. On the fourth and final day, a record gallery followed him from the first tee. On every slick green they waited for him to skid. But Sam putted like a master...
Crew spectators, this year, will be able to follow the three races on the Charles with their cars as well as their eyes. The Crimson Key Society has announced that it will set up a public address system to broadcast a stroke-by-stroke description of the Adams Cup Compton Cup and inter-Boston triangular meets...
...Salvaged from a frigate which sank off the Dutch coast in 1799 with ?1,000,000 in gold aboard, ruining many underwriters. The bell hangs over Lloyd's center rostrum, is rung by a "waiter" in scarlet and gold. One stroke means disaster at sea; two mean good news...
Died. Henry Noble Hall, 76, British-born veteran reporter, lecturer and author; after a stroke; in Manhattan. In 1946, suffering from a thyroid cancer, Hall offered himself as a human guinea pig. From glasses handed him in tongs at arm's length, he drank "Hiroshima Cocktails" (radioactive iodine from the Oak Ridge atom pile) which slowed the cancer. Knowing that the cure was incomplete, he had time to write detailed notes for the doctors...
These listings are by no means final, Haines makes it known. Besides the first boat, there still remain three others, one of which will have to be cut by the end of the week. Until time trials are held and the rowers reach racing stroke. Haines won't be absolutely certain on the makeup of his first shell...