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Word: contestant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Still smarting from the stings of defeat in last Wednesday's encounter with Cushing Academy, the Freshman basketball team will go into the game with St. John's Academy today determined to win. The contest will be played at 4 o'clock in the Freshman Gymnasium. With three straight victories to its credit the Blue and White team promises to be a formidable opponent for the first year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1931 QUINTET WILL CLASH WITH ST. JOHN'S AT 4 O'CLOCK | 1/21/1928 | See Source »

With three victories to its credit since the Christmas recess, the University basketball team will go into the game tonight with Rhode Island State College determined to continue its winning streak. Neither coach of the teams predicts what the probable outcome of the contest will be, but Harvard's three recent victories and a defeat for Rhode Island by Springfield College indicates that the University quintet will be the starting favorite. The contest will be staged at 8 o'clock in Hemenway Gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RHODE ISLAND STATE FACES CRIMSON FIVE | 1/20/1928 | See Source »

Practically all the nation's leading industries submitted material in the contest. Included in the list of contributors were the Ford Motors Corporation, The Cunard Steamship lines, and several local financial firms. All of the advertisements were in some form of periodical advertising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 1/19/1928 | See Source »

...competing for the State championship squash racquets crown, when the championship tournament opens tomorrow in the various clubs of the members of the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association. The tournament is for class A players and all entrants must sign up by noon today if they wish to enter the contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RACQUET-MEN TO COMPETE FOR STATE SQUASH CROWN | 1/19/1928 | See Source »

...last night in Hemenway Gymnasium in a game that was marked by numerous substitutions and much roughness. Just before this game was played the Freshman team suffered its first defeat of the year when it fell at the small end of a 28 to 19 score in its contest with Cushing Academy in the Freshman Gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY QUINTET DOWNS TRINITY 51-26 | 1/19/1928 | See Source »

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