Word: contest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Toward the close of the contest. David Guarnaccia '29 tossed a lateral to A. E. French '29. The play, which was worked successfully last year, netted a 16-yard gain. Considerable em- phasis was placed on this play at the start of the training session, and it seems as if it will be one of the offensive tricks to be held in reserve...
French and Gilligan were the individual stars of the contest, the former making two of the four touchdowns besides doing most of the ball carrying which resulted in the other scores, Gilligan, stepping high and shifty, was always a dangerous threat in the open field. He is also an adept in the drop-kicking line...
...years old, with a pompadour. Court records show that Arthur F. Willebrandt divorced "M. Elizabeth Willebrandt" in 1925. The disguised name was Mrs. Willebrandt's idea. Mr. Willebrandt's grounds were amicable. He charged desertion after they had been separated some eight years. She did not contest the suit...
...proceeded to figure on a bid. It cut close to $5,000.000 from the existing contract price. Middle West Supply, guessing shrewdly what was in store, also cut deeply, but not enough. International Envelope, with a bid of $15,300,000, thought it had won the guessing contest, since its bid was some half million dollars under its rival...
...from expressing pleasure and gratitude at a prospective saving of $5.000.000, Postmaster Harry Stewart New found that no bids met the U. S. specifications, rejected both International Envelope and Middle West Supply. The slashings and guessing contest began again. Middle West Supply sliced its figure most, about $2,500,000. But with a $500,000 handicap, International Envelope could slash" $2,100,000 and win by its narrow margin of $100,000. Postmaster New had saved millions...