Word: balled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With Yard squirrels romping beneath the elms, soft zephyrs whistling through the Lowell House bells, and even finding their way through the dusty windows of Widener, comes the inevitable demand for a Freshman Soft-ball Baseball league. This year, as in the past, elaborate preparations have been made for its success; managers have been appointed, a preliminary enrollment made, and a tentative schedule drawn up. But this year, too, as in the past, the danger that early-season hustling and bustling will peter out, that teams will play one game and then fold up, and that the whole thing will...
...ruggers will battle over a ball slightly larger than the American football, tackling, lateral passing, and kicking the ball at will, but according to the rules interference is not allowed. When one team has succeeded in carrying the ball across the goal line, it only counts as a try, registering three points, while a good goal kick accounts for two more...
Batting drill was the order of the day, with the Mitchellmen experiencing considerable difficulty in meeting the ball under the unaccustomed glare...
Roulette players are poor mathematicians. This fact was sharply illustrated in 1913 when a phenomenal record run of one color was reeled off at a table in the Casino at Monte Carlo. The little ball toppled into a black slot no less than 26 times in succession. By the time the 15th black number came up, the table was surrounded by a crowd of gamblers, many of whom placed heavy stakes on the red, figuring that the chances against the black turning up one more time were billions to one. However, since what has occurred before can have no conceivable...
With outdoor practices the backs have been able to develop the speed and hard, running with which they hope to surprise the Cantab ball-carriers. Lining up in the scrum-half position is scrappy Al Osgood who was on the Princeton team of last spring. Playing in the backfield for the first time, Osgood is working out well and is showing plenty of fight, together with a fast "dive pass" to his inside backs. Behind him at stand-off, Harry Goff from Stanford has been turning in some fast, tricky running which has given him the edge so far over...