Word: cracking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gridiron machine two periods to get under way against the Valparaiso eleven Saturday, but when it once got going in the second half, the Westerners could offer little resistance to the Crimson steam roller. The "team of mystery" did not prove a hard nut for the Fisherites to crack, after they had once penetrated the cloud of secrecy which surrounded the team. During the first half of the game, the Crimson players seemed to be worried by the uncertainty of what they were up against--the interference was ragged, the linesmen charged feebly, and the backs ran listlessly, often stopping...
...held in London early in July. He accompanied the record-breaking Oxford-Cambridge relay team which was in the United States recently at the Penn Relay Carnival. Shrubb, while at the University, met with great success in his work with the cross-country team, and was himself a crack distance runner. Later in the year he will handle the South African team which will compete in the Olympic games at Antwerp...
...meeting of all men who contemplate enlisting in Battery A will be held this evening at 5 Lincoln street at 5 o'clock. Battery A, which before the war was known as the "Harvard Battery," was the crack outfit...
...Harwood '20, the crack pole-vaulter of the University team, should win first place over Walton and Fletcher of M. I. T. L. B. McCagg '22, C. F. Batchelder '20 and G. G. Monks '21 are relied upon to score for the Crimson in the weight events, while Tech has entered Boli, Hayes, Dandrow and Raymond in that event...
...Cambridge Latin organization is a seasoned team of veterans from last year now holding first place in the Suburban League. The entire infield played last summer with the St. John's team, a crack local amateur outfit...