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...worked beautifully. It sent a babble of reports every few minutes, and the world knew that they were fighting clouds, wind and storm for more than 30 hours. They grew haggard. Suva waited. They saw Suva. Then with engines roaring but little louder than the crowd, they landed, their longest overwater flight accomplished, their gasoline almost gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Westward | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

Finlay, whose driving is the longest in the country, will play at No. 1. E. B. Murphy '31, who is also manager, will be No. 2, While J. H. Baldwin '31 at No. 3. L. D. Wood '31 at No. 4. J. G. Frethingham '31 at No. 5, and R. L. Rideout '31 at No. 6. are the other Crimson players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINKSMEN TRAVEL FOR FINAL MATCH WITH ELIS | 5/29/1928 | See Source »

...Freshman links team, led by its stellar captain, Phillips Finlay '31, the longest hitter in the country, will take on the Dartmouth first year men this afternoon on the Weston course in its first match of the season. Both are untried teams, and nothing can be predicted as to their comparative strengths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLFER TAKE ON DARTMOUTH AT WESTON COUNTRY CLUB | 5/19/1928 | See Source »

...button to send a current to ignite a dynamite charge to blow through the Great Northern R. R.'s new tunnel under the Cascade Mountains 100 miles east of Seattle, Wash. Many a citizen was surprised to learn that this Great Northern tunnel, 7.79 miles long, is the longest tunnel in the western world, 1.66 miles longer than the Moffat Tunnel through the Rockies near Denver, of which so much was heard when it was holed through a year ago and opened to trains last winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: May 14, 1928 | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...longest and closest game played on Soldiers Field this year, the University baseball managers eked out an 11 to 9 victory over their aides, the batboys. For 18 innings the two hurlers, R. C. Berresford '28 and "Shorty" Nagle, battled evenly, while their teammates batted their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY MANAGERS WIN LONG TILT FROM BATBOYS | 5/11/1928 | See Source »

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