Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. James Cox Brady, 45, able financier, lavish host, important Catholic; in Manhattan, after five days' illness, of pneumonia. His father, Anthony N. Brady, (died 1913) accumulated $80,000,000 by organizing public utilities and on the Stock Exchange; the son, with his brother Nicholas F., increased the family fortune. He supported many charities, chiefly Catholic; once he sold all his race horses and gave the proceeds away. For his benefactions Pope Pius XI made him a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory and a private chamberlain of the Cape and Sword; last December King Vittorio Emanuele...
...Tilden 2nd "Big Bill", Mr. Carens would call him, just like that who drops into Mower Hall, and engages in pillow fights with the first-string half back of the University eleven, who wakes up Mr. Bingham at midnight, who knows just what the Harvard stroke told the cox at the 3 3-4 mile mark, and who talks with Tad Jones before Fishwich has even finished dressing. Such a man, it is obvious, is no scribe, no more athletic back. He is an artist, an author, a man with important contacts...
...bouncing of the boat betrays the nearness of the eight ahead, the cox hitherto vociferous in his assertions that the crew is "right up on them" becomes suddenly silent. The time has come when he must earn his passage. Slowly, infinitely slowly, the bows curve in. Too much rudder or a shot the wrong way, for it is impossible to see, means ruin. But he knows his boat and can tell from the feel what is happening. At last there is a slight jolt and the cox ahead rises his hand. But it is a tremendous relief to all when...
YALE SQUAD STATISTICS NameClass Position Age Wt. Ht. School Charleworth, J.H. 29 Center 28 192 6 Exeter Cox, D.B. 28 Back 21 184 6 Loomia Crile, J.A. 29 End 19 170 5-10 Hotchkiss Decker, E.L. 29 Back 20 186 5-10 Andover Eddy, M.H. 29 Tackle 20 190 6-1 Exeter Fishwick, D.B. 28 End 21 180 6-2 Glen Ridge Fisherty, J.P. 28 Tackle 23 195 5-11 Lawrenceville Foote, A.S. 28 Back 21 175 5-10 Andover Garvey, J.J. 29 Back 21 175 5-11 Roxbury Goodwine, Earle 28 Back 22 160 5-8 Hill Greene...
...PRATT STRONG Right End Right Tackle Right Guard Center Left Guard Left Tackle Left End 180 186 205 192 200 190 189 SCOTT QUARRIER GREENE CHARLESWORTH WEBSTER EDDY FISHWICK Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Right End 169 HOBEN Quarterback 175 184 186 GARVEY COX DECKER Left Halfback Fullback Right Halfback YALE