Word: yd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Crack! A golf ball soared off the first tee at the Pittsburgh Field Club, dwindled to a white speck, landed on the fairway, rolled to a stop. Officials noted its exact position: 313 yd. 17 in. from the spot where it had been hit. That drive, hit last Sunday afternoon before a big gallery of other professionals, got its author, 24-year-old Professional Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., $200, first prize in Sports Illustrated'?, first annual driving contest, held as a curtain-raiser to the Professional Golfers Association annual tournament which started the next...
Longest recorded drive in golf history is 445 yd., down hill and down wind, made by one R. C. Bliss at Herne Bay, England in 1913. At Pittsburgh last week, rules were that each contestant got three chances, only drives that stopped on the fairway counted. Contestants' only advantage was a tee elevated 150 ft. above the fairway. There was no wind, the ground was soft. Always the favorite in driving contests, bulky Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee, Pa., who can throw himself into his shot like a hockey player, was overanxious last week to substantiate his reputation...
...field which included Gene Sarazen, Tony Manero, Harry Cooper, Craig Wood, Henry Picard and most of the other ablest professionals, only six drives out of ; total of 123 went beyond 300 yd. All three of Sam Snead's were in the six. His shorter drives were 304 yd. 31 in., 302 yd 7 in. In addition to his prize for the longest single drive, he got $150 for the best total distance - 920 yd. 19 in. Snead weighs 170 lb., uses a full swing and beautifully balanced body shift, usually hits a low, long-rolling ball with a slight...
...today, May 24, and will start at 2:30. All contestants are requested to be prompt so that the meet may be run off on schedule. All those who did not compete in the Yale meet on Saturday are eligible. The order of running events is as follows: 100 yd. dash; 440 yd. run; 220 yd. dash; 120 yd. low hurdles; 880 yd. run; and medley relay, consisting of two 110 yd. legs, one 220 yd. and one 440 yd...
...history, competitors at Fresno broke eleven world's records, tied three. Last week, they broke two more. Elroy Robinson, Merced, Calif, schoolteacher, ran 1,000 yards in 2 min., 9.7 sec.-to break the record made by Luigi Beccali of Italy in 1933. Stanford's 880-yd. relay team (James Kneubuhl, Ray Malott, Stanley Hiserman, Jack Weierhauser) scooted around the track in 1 min., 25 sec.-.8 sec. faster than the mark set by a University of Southern California team in 1927. Runner Weierhauser's tape-breaking for the world's record was not his only...