Word: basket
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...used to consider "Charley's Aunt" such a thriller. The Copley is now given over to strange and uncouth peasants from far places, and gents who wear caps for headgear, and the tense moment just after Hodolph Krauswitz, the Swiss millionaire, has been found dead in the laundry basket is disturbed by ribald yells from the galleries and the sound of cracking peanut shells. It is a far cry from the old days when "Pygmalion" was such a success that it ran for two weeks, and the politest of Back Bay hand clapping greeted the first American performance of Pinero...
Stalwart Eddy Decker, Yale's defensive fullback, will bear watching. An ever-present bulwark to be met by Harvard ball-carriers, a veritable basket to throw forward passes into, and a powerful place of interfering material on the offense. Decker has an indomitable grit and spirit that keeps his teammates plugging. Garvey and Hammersley, both skillful runners, fair punters, and game youngsters will ably fill the missing Caldwell's place...
Early next week the University basket ball squad will start scrimmaging in preparation for the game with Reston University on December 9. This is one of the earliest games that has been on the University schedule for a number of years...
Boxing, wrestling, handball and formal gymnastics may be elected by Freshmen at Hemenway Gymnasium, while squash is a possible choice at the Freshman Athletic Building. Basket ball will not start for Freshmen until November 28, while winter rowing in Newell Boathouse will start Monday, Winter track is under way, and may be elected by Freshmen...
...years ago the height of their ambition was to be a two-gun man; but we taught them how to play basketball, and the whole town is crazy about it. The village hero is the captain of the leading basketball team and they all agree that nowadays one basket from mid-floor is worth three really dramatic murders...