Word: autumns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That this rapid rise in popularity is no mere passing whim but a genuine attachment to rowing for its own sake may be gathered by a comparative record of the last few seasons. In the autumn of 1920 there were 247 men out for crew; in 1921 the size of the squad jumped to 319; while this fall marked a new record when a total of 540 candidates for University, Freshman, and Graduate rowing reported for work on the river. The sweep oarsmen from this group are divided into 37 different eights, while there is an average of 70 single...
...established by the G. R. B. Educational Foundation, an outgrowth of the work of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium carried on during the war by Mr. Hoover and his associates. The University is one of a number of American universities which Professor Pirenne will visit this autumn...
...Eastern teams held the spotlight year after year and ruled the Gridiron Empire unchallenged. However, it still is the ambition of every good team in the country to beat Yale or Harvard or Princeton and the others of the great teams whose shadow once fell so far across the autumn fields. Therefore, "I-o-way", is happy. It is something, after all, to have come out of Iowa City and rubbed the "Bulldog's" nose in the dust of his own field. Philadelphia Public Ledger...
Fall Lacrosse practice started yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field when about 25 men signed up for the autumn period of four or five weeks. Most of these were members of last year's Freshman and University squads...
...both class and 150-pound eights during the absence of Coach William Haines. The large turn-out of candidates for the lower crews is one of the features of this fall's crew program, as never before have there been so many men rowing from Newell during the autumn season...