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...someone is severely hurt; in three successive games this season, Oregon State used only one substitute. Most eccentric of all Coach Stiner's notions is his defense against a point after touchdown. His two prodigious tackles, Harry Field (223 Ib.) and Adolphe Schwammel (214 Ib.), each seize one leg of huge Clyde Devine, hoist him into the air to block the kick (see cut). Against Oregon, the play worked well. Against Fordham last week, it worked again. After Red Franklin's amazing 93-yd. runback of the kickoff for a touchdown, Fordham marched steadily to a tying touchdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 27, 1933 | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

...simplest way to explain it is to say that we have put knees on our automobiles. Each front wheel will be attached individually to the chassis by its own soft spring. When it encounters a bump or a hole, it will rise or fall independently, as your leg is lifted or straightened by its knee without affecting your other leg or the equilibrium of your body. The result will be that the wheel, not the passenger, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: GM's Knees | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

...child, and wore leg braces for several years, "an orthopedic case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Princess Alice | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...famed a professional that U. S. backers sent him to England where he twice won the rich Sheffield Handicap. The Barnum & Bailey circus signed him on for its "Horse v. Man" race, in which he consistently outran the horse. In 1898 he stumbled over a dog, broke his leg, thereafter coached at Yale, Maine and Ohio State, before settling at Michigan. Once able to jump 11 ft. backward, at 68 he could still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 30, 1933 | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

...Added to this are 600 pairs of shoes: 275 helmets, which are collected after each practice or game: 200 hoods, on practice days, and from 40 to 50 on game days: 125 blankets, also collected each day: and, during the season, 25 gross of shoe laces, used in shoes, leg lacings, and shoulder pads. Twenty football's are given out every day to touch football teams: the Varsity squad uses atleast two new balls a day, and sometimes three, so that the total is 16 for every week. The used pigskins are then passed on to the Javyee. Freshman. House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistics From Dillon Field House Supply Room Reveal Startling Thirst Caused by Virile Effort | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

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