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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Last week he named an All-Big-Three team based on 26 years football experience. He chose Tom Shevlin (Y) and Tack Hardwick (H), ends; Ham (Congressman) Fish (H) and Century Milstead (Y), tackles; Stan Pennock (H) and Fiske Brown (H), guards; Winslow Lovejoy (Y), centre; Lyle Richeson (Y). quarterback; Marvin Stevens (Y) and Eddie Mahan (H), halfbacks; Bill Mallory (Y), fullback...
Starting out on a new tack Dr. Stegerwald summed his position thus: "The nations collecting reparations from Germany must understand we can pay only from what we derive from selling them goods...
...Atlas Tack...
...rounded the first mark; she was sailing at her best angle, with booms well inboard. Bluenose was still ahead at the third mark, but here Capt. Charley Johnson, sailing Thebaud because Capt. Ben Pine was sick, showed seamanship that baffled Capt. Angus Walters on Bluenose. With a windward tack ahead, Capt. Walters did what any sailor might do-he close-hauled to port. Thebaud came up astern and after trimming sheets stood off to westward...
Last Race. The wind was west northwest. Skipper Vanderbilt kept away from Shamrock. He took a long time coming into the starboard tack and heading for the line, but still he was too soon and had to lose position running along the line waiting for the whistle. So Captain Heard won the start again. The first leg was to windward, to a buoy off Point Judith. Both crossed the line closehauled on the starboard tack with Shamrock about 200 yd. to windward. A minute after crossing the line Heard took the port tack and Vanderbilt followed him. Enterprise was footing...