Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Donaghy is the lightest halfback of the University squad. But he is also one of the toughest, the hardest to down, and the most level headed. In the 34 to 0 defeat his Freshman team suffered at the hands of Yale two years ago his playing stood out as one of the few bright spots in a gloomy afternoon. In recent scrimmages he has been showing up well as a running back, which combined with an ability to throw and handle passes has advanced him to the position of an excellent first stging possibility...
...University, however, he was unable to play football. At the beginning of the next fall he was retained on the University squad but was not regarded as a very likely first team prospect. For several weeks he substituted in the center berth and then came the 34-0 defeat at the hands of Princeton. A complete shake-up resulted in the Crimson ranks, and Turner who had shown up to great advantages in a relief role was advanced to first team rating. In the subsequent victory over Brown he fully vindicated the coaches judgement in giving him the regular berth...
Last week while the Mayor of Indianapolis went on trial charged with corrupt office-getting; while the Mayor of Chicago roamed the Pacific Coast trying to play a part in national politics; while the Mayor of Los Angeles bestirred himself to defeat a movement for his recall; while this mayor stayed at home and that mayor went to market, the youngest and spriest mayor of them all, James John Walker of New York, brought to a climax in Paris an American legend of Insouciance Abroad...
...again. Then Hitchcock waved his wand again and the score was 3-0. From that moment the event was no longer a contest; the magic of an irresistible team, playing some of the greatest polo ever seen, cheated the charm of the British team, fighting fiercely through a hopeless defeat...
Last week the men came. John Early scrambled down to the bottom of a little ravine, snarling and mumbling as voices and footfalls came closer. Finally, surrounded by defeat, he gave a cry. Cursing and weeping, he threw down his gun. Officers talked in soothing tones, and then, because he refused to walk, dragged John Early to a car in which he must begin the journey back to a hated house, full of despairing creatures, a sad asylum...