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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charles E. Nelson: national scholar, PBH Social Service Committee, freshman track, freshman "B" football, House football, Kirkland Glee Club and Christmas Play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Picks 8 of 28 Today for Class Committee | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

Captain Joe Loeming, sophomore star Dave Gregory, Bill Baker, John Paukey, Dave Cairns, and Hank Everett comprise Mikkola's team. Dick White, for two years a regular on all of Mikkola's track and cross-country squads, was originally intended to be the seventh man. White, however, has two hour exams early next week, and will not make the trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Harriers Face Tough Opponents In 'Heps' Today | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Capot, who has never been beaten at Pimlico, pounded down the home stretch a dozen lengths in front. His time for the mile-and-three-sixteenths: 1:56 4/5, less than a second off the track record he set in winning the Preakness last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horse of the Year | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Died. Henry L. Straus, 53, president of Tropical Park race track since 1941; in a private-plane crash; near Port Deposit, Md. Turfman Straus made a fortune in royalties out of his invention, the American totalizator, a complicated (1,500,000 moving parts) electrical device which automatically calculates the odds in pari-mutuel betting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Jalopies travel in second gear all the way because there is no pickup in third. They hit 45 to 50 miles an hour on a quarter mile tar track. Each driver has his own favorite technique, depending on his ability...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 11/3/1949 | See Source »

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