Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Leader of Yale will be striving on Friday to equal the mark set by Bob Cook, the Bulldog's most famous rowing coach, who registered four consecutive victories against Harvard between 1892 and 1896. He can not, however: equal the record of five successive wins which was established by Coach Kennedy between 1900 and 1903. A Crimson victory this year will bring the number of Harvard triumphs in the 60 years of rowing relations between the two colleges to a total of 28 while if the Blue crosses the line a victor again it will bring the Yale total...
...each other. "All umbrellas down," said a voice. Up and down the ranked lines, a mile and a half long, of that steaming host, black bubbles of silk obediently collapsed; bookmakers put away their last tickets; touts and tipsters, who had offered the winner for as low as a bob, began to wonder who would win, while lords, ladies, greengrocers, and "Barts" felt alike an exhilaration that shook them like a low incessant fever. The horses had begun...
...Bob Lampoon, pitching with the fervor and skill of years' experience reached great heights, not to mention the home plate, with the pitch of excellence. But the legion of CRIMSON bats was as impenetrable as the Old Howard on Saturday night and victory perched not upon the Ibis's bough...
...that intriguing ear beneath your bob...
...that intriguing ear beneath your bob...