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Last week, in Chicago's vast Coliseum, the American Bowling Congress was rolling into the sixth week of its 1938 session -to determine five-man, two-man and individual U. S. bowling champions. The local "booster" teams had already accomplished their chore of breaking in the brand-new, slippery alleys, which Grade A bowlers dislike. Some 19,000 approved A.B.C. "keglers,"* from every State in the U. S., had bowled their required three games (in each event entered), had posted their scores and gone home. No one had bowled a perfect game.† No team had come within...
...improved model-an octagonal two-man job of corrosion-resisting steel, with one blank wall which the subjects face and seven bullet-proof windows for people with a scientific interest. It was designed by an enthusiastic artist named Earl C. Liston. It costs $5,000, about $1,000 more than an ordinary chamber, but it is worth it. With its hydrocyanic gas, it can kill two humans at a time, quickly, efficiently, without any mess. Says Earl Liston, with a craftsman's pride: "Our calculations show that this new chamber should snuff out the life in about 15 seconds...
Other business at the first meeting included the appointment of Charles G. Hutter, Jr. '38, and George F. Lowman '38 as a two-man committee in charge of cheer leaders this fall...
Having cogitated SEC's friendly criticism and suggestions, the Council's president, able, chubby J. (for Joshua) Reuben Clark Jr., requested the Secretary of State and SEChairman to appoint a two-man "Board of Visitors" to descend upon the Council ''from time to time with or without notice." For his man. Secretary of State Hull last week designated Herbert Feis, State Department adviser on international economic affairs, and SEChairman James McCauley Landis named the SEChairman-presumably Commissioner William O. Douglas, who is slated to succeed Mr. Landis when that New Dealer retires next September to take...
...Congress is not only the biggest Congress in the U. S. but also the biggest sport event in the world. In the A. B. C. tournament, 22,000 bowlers, representing the cream of the country's crop of 9,000,000, bowl for eight weeks to determine five-man, two-man and individual U. S. bowling championships. The Congress costs $100,000. Entry fees total $218,000 ($5 apiece from each contestant for each event) of which $145,000 will be distributed as prizes. Last week in the 212th Coast Artillery Armory, equipped with banners, grandstands, 28 brand...