Word: thomson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fred Thomson). The newest star of the open spaces has a great horse and a terrible sense of plot. He is employed in an old-fashioned howler about the gang of desperadoes trying to do the old father out of his ranch. The young son comes back from the war, congressional medal and all, just in time. There is also a girl and a beautiful white horse. The latter is good enough even to make Tom Mix's Tony jealous...
...Grew restless as the hour of their august dinners approached and the Earl de la Warr, Viscount Haldane, and Barons Parmoor, Arnold, Thomson, ("Labor Peers") began a determined filibuster against the bill...
...score American colleges who will start competition in the fiftieth annual I. C. A. A. A. A. track and field championships on Friday all realize the merit of the record which half a century of competition has produced for the 120 yard high hurdles. Back in 1920 Earl J. Thomson of Dartmouth flew over the high barriers in 14 2-5 seconds and that mark, made at Philadelphia, will be very hard to lower. There is a possibility that it will be equalled but I doubt if it will be lowered for many years and I also believe that with...
...will take an athlete of Thomson's type to make such a performance and the hurdler will have to have similar conditions to make possible the chance of equalling this record. The day Thomson made the record he was in his best physical condition; he had an exceptionally good bunch of hurdlers to force him; the day was ideal for a record-breaking performance...
...best hurdlers ever developed in America, did 15 2-5 in the big meet and later in another competition did 15 1-5 seconds. John Garrels of Michigan did 15 1-5 in this meet in 1907. Murray of Stanford did 15 seconds in 1916 and Thomson of Dartmouth did 14 2-5 seconds in 1920. Thomson also did 14 4-5 seconds in the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet and Dye of Southern California did 14 4-5 last year at Philadelphia...