Word: cracking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elevens approach the game after entirely different preparation. Yale, following the University's plan of two years ago, arranged a schedule of games with minor college teams. On successive Saturdays, Bates, Vermont, North Caroline, and Williams were soundly trounced and while the Army proved a tough nut to crack, the New Haven eleven emerged from the conflict with the long end of a 14-7 score...
...glibly interpreted by the student--but all his friends may know just how he stands. He will see that "dumb-bell" from Dedham stands well above his friend whom he used to think was pretty clever. Perhaps in the finals be will be able to outdistance the crack student in his group...
Three star Tiger runners are on the injury list: W. E. Massey, Princeton's most dependable hurdler, cannot take part in this event because of a recent attack of appendicitis, although he may be used in the sprints later in the year; Johnson, a crack man in the half, is laid up with the mumps; while Captain Swede of the Cross Country team is having trouble with an injured foot and may be compelled to stay out of some of the meets this spring...
...Arena the University hockey team will meet the St. Patrick's seven from Ottawa, Ontario. In this game the University puck-shooters expect the hardest battle of the season. The Canadians play two games in Boston--the one with the University and a second game with the crack Shoe Trade's team on Friday night...
Three tallies slipped by John Wylde '15, the crack Unicorn goal-keep in a snappy thirty-minute scrimmage between the B. A. A. and the University at the Arena last night. Captain Bigelow, Emmons and Buntin each succeeded in eluding the amateurs' defense for a score before Coaches Alfred Winsor '02 of the B. A. A. and William H. Claflin '15 of the University seven began to send in the substitute-line...