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...attracting the kind of admirers who can help a man when he wants a little help. One night last week, he had to do two shows in two different Chicago hotels, and to get between them had to race his long, grey convertible back & forth through Chicago's Loop traffic from the Palmer House to the Stevens. The cops along the way had a fine understanding of his problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: That Old Shillelagh | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Three teams from Thayer, two from Matthews, and one each from Holworthy, Lionel, Mower, Stoughton, Weld, and Wigglesworth will compose the new loop. Dormitory proctors will serve both as coaches and referees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Teams to Open New Basketball Loop | 1/6/1948 | See Source »

...first three years in the pro loop, Jacunski had it rough. He played second string behind the incomparable Don Hutson. "The little exercise kept me in good shape," says Harry, "but it wasn't exactly healthy for the pocketbook...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Erstwhile Green Bay End Jacunski Scouts and Coaches for the Crimson | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

With only the not-so-Big Red of Cornell left on its inter-league schedule, Pennsylvania is as near certain as it ever will be to an undefeated loop record...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/4/1947 | See Source »

...plane began a steady climb. Puzzled, Pilot Beck adjusted trim tabs on the plane's control surfaces to bring the nose down. Then, still undetected, Sisto released the gust lock. The plane immediately went into an outside loop. Both Sisto and Beck, neither of whom had fastened his safety belt, were thrown from their seats. Two things saved the plane. Sisto struck buttons which feathered the prp-pellors of three engines. Copilot Melvin Logan, who was securely belted in, was able to roll the ship right side up, a bare 300 to 400 feet from the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Boys Will Be Boys | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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