Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...games played between these two institutions, none have probably equaled the drama of the years 1929 through 1931, when the famous Barry Wood-Albie Booth rivalry held the nation's interest. Wood, one of the greatest athletic figures in Crimson history, was tall, dark, and powerful. Booth was small, crafty, and renowned for his place-kicking ability...
JACK RODERICK is well remembered by Crimson fans. Last year, he caught seven passes for over 100 yards, to contribute more than his share to the Crimson's 28 to 0 drubbing. Six feet tall, 185 pounds, the glue-fingered left wing man saw 55 minutes of action in the East-West game two years ago, shortly before entering the Navy...
VINNY LYNCH shared pass reception honors with Roderick last week against Princeton. Six-feet three-inches tall, the 195-pound right end makes a fine target for the passes of Tex Furse...
...Tall, greying Avery Fisher, 40, is an amateur violinist who built his first high fidelity phonograph in 1935 because he wanted a machine that would reproduce recorded music exactly as it was played. His set so impressed his friends that two years later he gave up an advertising job to build phonographs. Despite his present rush in business, Avery Fisher plans little expansion. Says he: "A really good machine can't be made on an assembly line...
...concluded the tall, friendly colonel, the soldier deserted because he was afraid and lacked self-confidence. The seventh-graders nodded sagely, then piped up as their teacher called for comment on the visitor's story...