Word: third
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crimson squad can usually supply an outstanding first-place man in almost every event. Charlie Hutten, Graham Cummin and Willie Kendall generally finish so far ahead of their opponents that the actual competitive racing that appeals to the on-looker is found in the battles for second and third...
...aside from his appeal to the crowd in the pool balcony, the little man is important because of his point-getting ability. Seconds and thirds, any Varsity swimmer will tell you, won the Yale meet last year. It was such things as Don Racker's second in the 50, Jim Munroe's third in the breastroke, and Hutter's magnificent second in the 440 that saved the meet from being decided by the last event, the open relay, which Yale won. It is worthy of mention that the crowd gave Hutter the greatest ovation not when he took...
This year, Bob Murphy and Ed Howitt wage terrific battles for second and third place in the 440 while Frank Coleman wins by a large margin. While Hutter runs away with the 100, it's Freddie Griffin who has the real race on his hands for the lesser honors. Ray Benedict always has to work his head off in the 220 while Digger Kendall coasts to a record, and Jack Kennedy in the backstroke, Jim Munroe and Phil Walker in the breast, and Forbush and Synder in the dive, are never sure of their places unless they...
...public hearing which in former years has been a storm center of passion and political rivalry the famous Teachers' Oath repeal measure will be debated by liberal and conservative organizations for the third consecutive year today...
...accident. The result is that the slightly bewildered spectator doesn't know whether to regard him as the epitome of respectability that he has always seemed, or a Borgia in disguise. This uncertainty does not add to the interest. There is an amusing uncertainty springing up in the third act, however, over whether the little man actually made the kill that he is so sure of, or whether his glory is to be snatched away from him by some one else's having fired the deadly pistol while he fired blanks...