Word: courtneys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...away at a stone-wall line or to essay futile swings around the end that usually were broken up before they reached the line of scrimmage. Only once was anything other than a straight play tried; and this criss-cross play was unmercifully smothered for a five-yard loss. Courtney was the lone star of the Maine offense, his clever dash up the sidelines just before the close of the first half netting him 40 yards, and placing the ball in the University's territory for the only moment of the game. The Crimson backfield had little work...
...Cornell received an incentive when a complete program of crew events was announced together with the news that Graduate Manager Berry has leased the Oaks, Cornell's historic training quarters at Highland, as the training quarters for the rowing squad which is now in training at Pough-keepsie. Coach Courtney was strongly in favor of the move in order to offer an adder spur to the leading candidates, as the Oaks have housed the Ithacan crew colony for many years...
...opinion that Coach Courtney will develop two eights this year, one a two-mile crew for the Yale-Princeton and University regattas, and for the junior university affair at Poughkeepsie, all of which will be two-mile races. The other will be a specially trained eight for the three mile race at Poughkeepsie. If this plan is carried out, the three-mile crew will have a longer training program than the two-mile eight, and it will not be brought up to edge until just before the squad gets to the Hudson. Courtney adopted a similar plan...