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...seconds. Thereafter, at an unpredictable interval, the amber light turned red. As soon as he saw the red light the subject removed his foot from the accelerator, applied the brake. The time interval was electrically measured. The average reaction time was .43 sec. The fastest was .26 sec. The slowest was .90 sec. It was found that tall persons generally react a little more slowly than short people, no doubt because motor nerve impulses travel through the body at about 300 ft. per sec. and thus for tall persons the motor impulse would take longer to go from the brain...
Beginning with the 100 meter event, George Anderson of California, one of the two really great sprinters to be developed this year, has turnd in one 9.4 hundred yard race and twice he has negotiated the distance in 9.6. His slowest mark this season is 9.8. Anderson's teammate, "Mushy" Pollock has done 9.6 twice this year, although he has rounded into shape slowly due to a pulled muscle. Draper of U. S. C. has also done 9.6 in competition. In the 200, it is the same story, with Anderson and Draper each claiming a 21 second flat race...
Roughest game was the first between the Rangers and the Canadiens, in which ten players whacked each other with their sticks so briskly that police were summoned to separate the fighters. Slowest was the first of the semi-final series, in which the Montreal Maroons out-tricked the Rangers, 2 to 1. Most exciting was the fourth, between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs, won by the Maple Leafs 2-to-1 when their young forward Regis Kelly tied the score two minutes before the end of the third period, made the winning goal in the overtime period that followed...
...Most serious accident was one which befell Mason B. Rumney on the Baccarat. When a large wave hit the rudder, he was tossed into the cockpit by the tiller, broke two ribs. The Vamarie arrived with her radio set out of order, her navigating instruments broken by high seas. Slowest boats in last week's race were Robert P. Baruch's Zingara and Dainty, owned by a Bermuda blacksmith named Al Darrell. They were two days behind the winner...
...mile Cup course, had her bow sharpened to make her faster in light airs. Frank Paine, her designer, raised the money by subscription in Boston. Weetamoe had her keel weights deepened and moved forward to make her more seaworthy. The New York syndicate which owns Whirlwind, slowest of 1930's four contenders, did not recondition her this year. vanitie, under this year's rules, is ineligible to defend the Cup; she raced last week to keep the others company...