Word: beatings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know," Thorp said, "that the greatest exhibition of grit I ever saw on a football field concerns a man you know. It was in 1910, and Penn State beat Pittsburgh 3-0. State had a tackle, one of the best there ever was, and he had water on the knee, had to be carried to the field. They put ice and stuff on his knee. The other team were confident that he couldn't play more than a few minutes. Well, he played an all-American game for 60 minutes. Name was Dick Harlow...
Fourth round: Brooks defeated Stewart 3-6, 6-4, 10-8; Dickinson defeated Legg 6-2, 6-1; Gilkey beat B. Straus '41 6-1, 6-2; Burt defeated Peabody '41 6-1, 7-5; Muther beat R. Eckman '41, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0; Palfrey beat W. Everts...
Quarter finals: Dickinson beat Brooks 6-1, 6-1; Gilkey beat Key 9-7, 6-2; Burt beat Muther 6-1, 6-8, 6-2; Kahn beat Palfrey 6-1, 7-9, 6-3. Semi finals: Gilkey beat Dickinson 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Burt beat Kahn...
...Sunday, the Cardinal, reported in "protective custody," celebrated Mass while Storm Troopers and police guarded the Cathedral and palace. At night the Nazis, who blamed the rioting on "irresponsible elements" and "Communists," permitted hundreds of Hitler Youth to mill in the square, beat drums and sing while Catholics attended evening service...
While Northwestern waited for its potential jackpot, Freshman Bill de Correvont who scored 211 points for Chicago's Austin High School last year, to join the varsity, the Midwest lacked headline heroes. Minnesota appeared to be the team to beat. Perilously close behind in popular appraisal, however, were Wisconsin, Ohio State, Illinois, Northwestern and even Michigan...