Word: bulldog
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...never seen M. Clémenceau in better health and spirits or more fully in touch with the current situation in France. The famed whiskers may droop like the tusks of an old walrus, but between them the decisive jaw continues to snap with the fierce pugnacity of a bulldog...
...spite of the gloom that these figures threw over the Crimson's chances today, close followers of the sport refused to count the battle already lost. The Cambridge offense has shown increasing signs of power and, strengthened by the confidence gained in the uphill struggle against the Bulldog, the Crimson booters may upset the Pennsylvania invaders plans...
...ghoulish glee. Yale may content itself with out-playing the Crimson, but Harvard will have the long awaited satisfaction of a superb halt to Yale's victorious rampage of the last three years; while Mr. George F. Gundolfinger will doubtless settle down to write another version of Why the Bulldog Is Losing Its Grip. The Princetonian...
Newspaper critics and coaches yesterday unanimously joined in praising Harvard's repeated goal-line stands that held the Bulldog at bay. Excerpts from statements issued by these men are given herewith...
...Yale threatened almost always; Harvard never, really, even once; but time and again, with his back to its wall and with the Bulldog's teeth almost on his throat, John Harvard yanked himself away and, by sheer fighting spirit, denied the New Haven warrior his due."--Melville E. Webb Jr., Boston Globe...