Word: contend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...formidable runner-up in the 1921 bouts for the 135-pound title and he is making a string bid for the championship honors this year. It is difficult to pick his logical opponent in the finals as there are several men of nearly equal strength who will contend for the position...
...Pool room of the Union before 7 o'clock this evening. So far 16 men have signed up for the Pool tournament while 12 have entered in the billiards match. Isadore Shapiro '23 and Isadore Black '24, last season's pool and billiards champions respectively, will again contend this year since they have already entered the tournament...
Refereeing is a very difficult problem to contend with. How many officials interpret the rules alike? No two in my mind. Some are very lenient, others very strict. I may say the officiating is very unsatisfactory as the players cannot tell just how to play. All this has a tendency to retard the progress of the game as a national indoor pastime. There is no reason why basketball should not be as popular with the youth of our nation in the fall and winter months as baseball is in the summer. There is no question about its attractiveness...
Where then does the privileged freshman lose this valuable fraternity? According to the author of the editorial, at one meal everyday; and he makes an argument out of a single meal. Then, assuredly he must also contend that fifteen minutes of dinner table fraternity is worth more to the needy student than five dollars. I think it is not, in most cases. It seems to me, an invitation by the deans to needy students to discuss their individual cases would be both beneficial to the students and enlightening to the deans. ROBERT S. KELLER '23. November...
...result of the practice this fall, Coach Slattery has been able to size up his men and to make up his mind what he has to contend with next spring in shaping up a well organized team. With the exception of a first baseman, Coach Slattery has one of the strongest, surest, and fastest infields in college baseball. The backstop position will be well taken care of by Austin Blair, '21, and R. H. Keegan, '23, the crack freshman catcher of last year. In addition to this, the outfield positions will be filled by any of the following...