Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kind of season the Yardlings will have can be quite optimistic. The material is heavy and experienced in the line, with good replacements three deep at the tackles, while Stahley will have at least six A-1 backs on call. But whether the team will raise the pall of defeat that has hung over Freshman teams for two years is another question, which may be answered Saturday...
...Freshmen, Colwell was uninformed, but was obviously disheartened at the Blue Varsity's defeat by Columbia. "You can't lose four men from your backfield and one of the best centers in the east and look good in the opening game. But they'll make trouble for somebody this season," he added...
...chief aim in his case. For the Rules Committee, with power of life & death over much legislation (unless by petition the House membership calls bills out of it to the floor), is now composed of ten Democrats, four Republicans. Of the Democrats, six were non-New Dealers until the defeat of Representative Driver of Arkansas and now of New York's O'Connor. With Republican aid the six non-New Dealers have blockaded Administration measures, notably the Wages-&-Hours Bill. A chair-man far more amenable than John O'Connor would be the next man in line...
...very first hole, flubbed around the greens, Patty, wearing trousers, played as though she had her ball mesmerized. In the afternoon round, with her mother nervously watching from the fringe of the crowd, she got seven one-putt greens in 13 holes, avenged last year's defeat on the 31st green...
Women's Final. On the distaff side, the semi-final between Alice Marble (seeded second to Helen Jacobs) and crafty Sarah Palfrey Fabyan made up for the lacklustre men's matches. Playing her usual powerful but erratic game, onetime Champion Marble twice came within a point of defeat before taking the match, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5. Next day, playing against Nancye Wynne, 21-year-old Melbourne stenographer who had beaten California's Dorothy Bundy on her way to the final, Alice Marble needed just 22 minutes to win the championship...