Word: truxton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They become fit for another round of fighting or another spurt of running in a much shorter time than if permitted to relax or if stimulated with a hypodermic injection of adrenalin. The reinvigoration is due, theorized Cornell's Drs. S. A. Guttman, R. G. Horton and Davis Truxton Wilber, to either: 1) the release of a potent chemical, acetylcholine, by nerve ends in the tired muscles, or; 2) a sudden excess of calcium in those muscles...
...summary: ARMY, 2 HARVARD, 2 Drum, g. g., Perry Jakle, r.f. r.f., Holcombe Tyler, Capt., l.f. l.f., Powell McGoldrick, r.h. r.h., Burbank Truxton, c.h. c.h., Dorman, Capt. Stegmaner, l.h. l.h., Vincent Neff, r.o. r.o., Dawson Priestley, r.i. r.i., Motley, T. Rutherford, c. c., Manheimer Major, l.i. l.i., Motley, E. Broyles, l.o. l.o., Wood...
...Born in Truxton, N. Y. in 1873, McGraw began to play professional baseball when he was 17. A year later he joined the famed Baltimore Orioles. Quick, small irascible, he played third base while the Orioles won three pennants. When Owner Andrew Freeman offered him the job of managing the Giants McGraw demanded full control. He sold half the players, finished second in 1903, first...