Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yale eight, trained by Ed Leader, from the Pacific Coast, defeated Cornell and Princeton. Leader's crew, rowing a stroke unfamiliar to Yale eights since the days of the late Bob Cook, thrashed along at 33 for virtually the entire race, wearing down first Princeton and then Cornell to win by open water. The slow stroke and the magnificent reserve apparent in the crew are considered excellent omens for Leader's ultimate success against Harvard at New London. Meanwhile the only boat in the East that can challenge the Blue's superiority is the Navy eight. Yale...
...precedent of sixteen years and would probably defeat Lampy by the usual overwhelming score of 23-2 the spirits of the Ibis have become considerably dampened. Members of the lampoon, when interviewed by a CRIMOSN reporter last night, refused to divulge their line-up although it is rumored that Bob, pitching for the would be humorists, is one of the strongest potential scorers for he CRIMSON nine...
Lessley made out a check, made two cross marks, signed his own name as attesting witness, and then put beneath the cross-marks the names "Bob & Lila Casper." It was not forgery to write his own name, or to write the names of the two Gaspers, but, the Court held, it was forgery to make the cross-marks, which would have made the Gaspers liable if the forgery had not been discovered...
...eleven American golfers will start shooting for the greens at Deal in the British Amateur championship. Their names: Jesse Sweetser, Francis Ouimet, Bob Gardner", Dave Herron, Max Marston, Fred J. Wright, Harrison Johnson, Jack Neville, Dr. O. F. Willing, George Rotan and Guy M. Sandifer. On the list are four American Amateur champions. With the exceptions of " Chick " Evans, Bobby Jones and Jesse Guilford, the best of American amateur golf is bound for Deal. Later in May the group will pick eight men to play a British eight at St. Andrews for the Walker...
...good, or better, teams than this have sailed away in quest of the British cup since Travis won it in 1904. Closest to success came Bob Gardner in his 37 hole battle with Cyril Tolley in the finals at Muirfield in 1920. Tolley...