Word: yds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...silk," i.e., became a King's Counsel. The next 20 years brought him a succession of judgeships, a knighthood and a lifetime peerage. In 1946 he was appointed Lord Chief Justice, the senior criminal judge of the land (salary: ?10,000, and the "perk" of receiving 4½ yds. of cloth from the City of London Corporation each year...
...victory. After a slow start, the All-Stars put pressure on Lion Quarterbacks Tobin Rote and Bobby Layne, soon got their own offense going. Two Cleveland Browns draftees, Quarterback Jim Ninowski and Halfback Bob Mitchell, teamed up on spectacular pass plays of 84 and 18 yds. for touchdowns. Bobby Conrad of Texas A. & M., who had never kicked a field goal before, booted 4-for-4 from distances of 19 to 44 yds., also added three points-after-touchdown. ¶ Two seasons ago Manager-of-the-Year Birdie Tebbetts led the power-packed but pitching-poor Cincinnati Redlegs...
...past him, battled for the lead through the third quarter. But as the bell clanged for the final lap, Elliott went into high gear. His muscular legs churning, he left the field behind with an astounding 55.5-sec. final quarter. As 20,000 fans shrieked approval, Elliott finished 12 yds. in front in an unbelievable 3:54.5, far under the 3:58 listed record of Australia's John Landy. Lincoln was second in 3:55.9, Delany third in 3:57.5, Halberg fourth in the same time. Even Thomas, finishing fifth, had a clocking of 3:58.6. Never before...
...London, slim Molly Hiscox, a 21 -year-old clerk, entered the 440-yd. run as a last-minute reserve to fill out the field in a Britain v. Commonwealth meet, promptly got off in front, won by 12 yds. in 55.6 for a new world record...
...Roaring into a curve in Rheims's Grand Prix de France, Italy's Luigi Musso was a mere 100 yds. behind Britain's Mike Hawthorn. Musso gunned his Ferrari, hit the curve at 140 m.p.h., catapulted off the triangular course into a wheatfield, died. He was the last of Italy's great three. Alberto Ascari was killed in 1955; Eugenio Castellotti, Musso's closest friend and rival...