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warmly bundled up and strengthened by a series of blood transfusions, strolled in his gardens for half an hour, his longest period of outdoor exercise since his collapse a month...
California, and for once, after a season of upsets, the form boys were right. Southern Cal uncorked the biggest excitement of the day: an 86-yard runback of a punt by Halfback Aramis Dandoy for a touchdown (and the longest punt return in Rose Bowl history). But that was the Trojans' only score...
...this hemisphere." His two ambitions: to live to 100 or to win the Belmont Stakes. Aste cared much less about the Kentucky Derby. In 1913 he had the Derby favorite, Ten Point, a son of Jack Point. But the race was won by Donerail, at 90 to 1, the longest shot ever to take the Derby. The defeat of Ten Point was a catastrophe for the bookmakers, those old enemies of Anthony Aste. Although he achieved neither of his two ambitions, his was a breathtaking career, based upon a brilliantly simple innovation made at the age of 19. In Rome...
...third place until his last throw, Goldman won the event with the longest heave of his career to upset Nat Baker of B.U., who had beaten him in last year's meet. "It was one of the most thrilling comebacks I have over seen," said coach Bill McCuday. "A performance like that indicates a real competitor...
...longest and costliest postwar strikes was coming to an end last week. In Pittsburgh 760 delivery-truck drivers and helpers belonging to Dave Beck's A.F.L. Teamsters agreed to end their walkout against five of the city's biggest department stores (Kaufmann's, Home's, Frank & Seder's, Gimbels, Rosenbaum's) after 52 weeks of picketing and violence. Under the terms of a three-year contract, the stores agreed to an overall 8½? wage boost (to $2.21 an hour for drivers, $1.94 for helpers) plus some fringe benefits. In return the Teamsters gave...