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...Room for Roughhouse. A dogged competitor who would probably run right up the back of a man in his way, Dwyer refused to be tricked into that early scrap. He held himself in, listened like an old-timer to that split-second stopwatch ticking in his head. Up forward, Santee finished the first half in 1:59. It was too fast. Both he and Nielsen were running down. With four laps to go, Freddie Dwyer knew it was time to move. Taking no chances of repeating the past week's roughhouse, he swung to the outside and began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The One to Win | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Director of the meet Asa Bushnell has announced that a Bulova photo-timer will be used for the meet. It will probably be the final judge in the 100 yard dash, a toss-up among Yale's Hank Thresher, last year's winner; Harvard's Pete Dow; Penn's Alan Kline and John Haines; and Cornell's Larry Lattomus, where the meet record of 9.7 may be broken...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Elis Favored to Hold Title In Heptagonal Track Meet | 5/14/1954 | See Source »

Time for a Change. A timer, attached to an engine's electric system, that keeps track of the engine's running hours and ejects a printed reminder when it is time for an oil check or other maintenance chore was brought out by Carter & Galantin, Inc. Somewhat smaller than a brick, the "Servicator" is intended primarily for automobiles and trucks, but can be used on any engine. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

After eight seconds of this, the timer sounded his horn. Other cowboys closed in on the bucking sorrel, grabbed the halter and gave rangy (6 ft., 180 Ibs.) Bill Linderman a chance to swing safely to the ground. From the rodeo crowd came the happy hooting and hollering of people who know a good ride when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion Cowboy | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...timer once remarked, "It beats studying." The "it" to which he was referring was the CRIMSON competition, the latest edition of which will open at 7.45 p.m. Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Spring Comp Opens Thursday Night | 2/9/1954 | See Source »

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