Word: cage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early season problems facing Samborski at the moment, the most embarrassing has been the lack of outdoor practice. The squad's workout yesterday on chilly Soldiers Field was the first time the entire team performed anywhere except in the Stygian gloom of Briggs Cage. Some weeks ago, the coach allowed his outfield to get some pasturage, but yesterday's session was the first opportunity Varsity players have had to bat against a normal background, and to study the intricate gyrations a baseball can perform on natural turf...
Simultaneous with the blossoming of seersucker jackets, bare female legs, and other signs of spring in the Yard, Coach Bob Maddux's Varsity lacrosse team emerged from the gloom of Briggs Cage yesterday into their more natural surroundings on the Business School athletic field. The afternoon sun which covered the field did not extend so far as to shed excessive light on Crimson prospects. Aside from the general feeling among Maddux and his men that this year's team is sure to be superior to the wartime aggregation of last spring, the crystal ball remains definitely clouded...
...Canadiens were tied with the New York Rangers, 0-0. During a melee around the Ranger cage, in slid the puck. But the goal was disallowed; the referee had blown his siffleur (whistle). "Sacré maudit!" (damn it all) groaned the fans, holding their heads in agony. Cried one to the referee: "Gros jambon, tu pues!" (you big ham, you stink...
...master was in command at Briggs Cage yesterday as next fall's would-be gridiron stars rounded out a week of spring practice. Richard Cresson Harlow, just returned from a medical checkup and a short rest at his Maryland home, made the difference in what turned out to be a session of fierce 'supervised contact...
...examine the rest of his team. Varsity mentor Jaakko Mikkola will miss javelin thrower Dave Murray this spring. He will have other headaches too, trying to strengthen the sprint department. But overbalancing these defects is the apparent overall depth of the team. The Varsity squad which emerged from Briggs Cage two weeks ago is virtually the same one which grabbed fourth place in the indoor IC4A meet earlier this month and which throttled the Bulldog, 55 to 45, on Washington's birthday...