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Word: athleticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The authors-expert anthropologists-after laboriously measuring and tabulating the legs and calves of Smith girls, solemnly announce that the calves are "considerably larger than those of Jamaican women!" This is due, they claim, to athletic exercises. Remarkable scientific discovery !

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

For years past the ten thousand boys of Allston have considered the Stadium their playground on Saturdays. The mornings have been devoted to playing hide and seek with the revered officers of the law. In the afternoons, as the crowd pours through the gates to witness the over-emphasis of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

The Brighton police, who have jurisdiction on the Stadium side of the river, are cooperating with C. F. Getchell, General Manager of the H. A. A. in a determined effort to wipe out ticket speculators. Three professional speculators were lately caught and fined $10 each, losing as well the tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ticket Speculators Convicted for Occupying Streets Without Permit in Police Drive on Pasteboard Gamblers | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

The youthful proteges of Mr. One Eye Connolly have descended upon Soldiers Field and for the past few Saturdays they have been climbing the surrounding fence in rather concentrated doses. With a respectable amount of indifference, the Athletic Association has reserved a group of small, wire pens for the convenience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSIDE LOOKING OUT | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

The B A A must protect itself in some way from this weekly invasion, and the present system seems to be not only expedient, but also very effective if the decrease in attendance in the cages since the Army game can be a criteria Climbing fence is not a major...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSIDE LOOKING OUT | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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