Word: gymnastics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Baseball to Tumors. Dr. Cushing's extraordinary career is a record of one of the most single-minded men in the history of medicine. At Yale young Harvey Cushing played right field on the baseball team, and became a first-rate gymnast. Following family tradition (three generations), he decided to become a doctor, went through Harvard Medical School. Afterwards he went to Johns Hopkins Hospital and studied abroad. In Switzerland he was inspired by great Surgeon Theodor Kocher to enter the field of neurology. His inspiration burned with icy clarity...
Eric Cutler beat Rawstrom in the 440 in the good time of 5:09.3, but the Gymnast tankman was obviously spent from his 220 effort and failed to provide as close a race as was expected. However, Cutler swam a heady race, lagging a body's length behind Rawstrom during the first 100, then gradually pulling away from...
Aside from entering Rawstrom in the furlong and quarter-mile, the Gymnast coach, Charlie Silvia, won't have much to offer the Crimson mermen. Frank Powers ought to keep Rawstrom busy in the 220, while Captain Rusty Greenhood is a sure winner over Bob Monerly and Carlton Condon in the dive...
...painting that first made him an acrobat. Son of a well-known Copenhagen coal-dealer, he started posing for the Danish court painter Frants Henningsen at the age of 13, later studied in his studio. When Torvald was 19 and a great hulking youth famed as a school gymnast, his teacher suggested that he ought to travel, to see the great art galleries of Europe. Hoyer promptly picked up another muscular schoolmate named Max and formed a tumbling team. Vaudeville engagements came quickly. Soon they teamed up with four other tumblers, became the Montrose Six, moved on to acrobatic triumphs...
...family of faces are included: 1. Footballer Remington Olmstead, University of California at Los Angeles, 2. Crewman Samuel Drury, Harvard University, 3. Shotputter J. M. Baillieu, Magdalen College (England), 4. Tackle Fil Sanford, University of Richmond, 5. Shotputter Jack Torrance, Louisiana State University, 6. Gymnast Rehor, University of Illinois, 7. Pugilist Paul Hartnek, Creighton University, 8. Highjumper A. Waley, Eton College (England), 9. Speedster Ivan Fuqua, Indiana University, 10. Halfback Harry Patch, Villanova College, and 11. Ballcarrier...