Word: yd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Indiana's Charles Hornbostel, beaten in the mile, lumbered past Cunningham in the stretch of the 880-yd. run, won by two inches with a world's record...
...instrument. Tubaman Houston is puny. His aerophor is purely a lung-saving device. William Bell's invention is not for weak tubamen. It does the work of two tubas-a double bass and a baritone. It has two mouthpieces, two sets of tubing (together more than 16 yd. long), weighs 50 Ib. It goes deeper than any tuba has ever gone before, deeper than any music has ever been written...
...Ralph Metcalfe, huge Negro of Marquette, equaled the world's record (9.4 sec.) in the 100-yd. dash...
...points to Indiana's 47½had not often been heard of outside the Midwest, except as a member of Michigan's football team. He was Willis Ward, 196-lb. Negro sophomore. At the Big Ten meet in Evanston last week. Willis Ward won the 100-yd. dash in 9.6 sec. He won the high jump, placed second in the broad jump. In the 120-yd. high hurdles, he forced Ohio State's Jack Keller to world's record time of 14.1 sec., finished a close second. The 18 points he won were what enabled Michigan...
...Douglaston, L. I., at the 155-yd. 15th hole of North Hills Golf Club, C. X. Bieth smacked a mashie shot, watched his ball plop into the cup for a hole-in-one. Leaving the green C. X. Bieth heard a shout. J. H. Kracke, playing in the foursome behind, had smacked a No. 3 iron shot, also holed...