Word: dignan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Coach Roper of Princeton sent against Yale on Saturday, 14 will return to college next fall, and the Tigers hopes for next season are consequently of a distinctly rosy complexion. Captain McMillan, Nassau's capable leader; Dignan, line-breaking left halfback, and left tackle Gates are the only Bengals that upset Saturday's predictions who will not report to the Princeton mentor next September...
...salient feature of the Harvard-Princeton game is not so difficult to find as it is difficult to phrase. Tolerant people might pretend that it was the heady passing of Caulkins, the running of slippery Slagle, or dauntless Dignan, or the doings of an unheard-of Princeton back named Prendergast, who-sent into the game in the last five minutes-carried the ball ten times (almost in succession), and gained 89 yards. But such statements could only be evasions. The salient feature of the Harvard-Princeton game was the doltish performance of the Harvard eleven. Score: Princeton 36, Harvard...
...Yale backfield is heavier than the Princeton carrying quartet, and in running ability seems just about as powerful. Yale has no back so individually brilliant as Slagle, but Noble, Cutler, and Cottle are speedsters who should give the Tigers plenty of trouble. Dignan's line plunging ability has had great effect in Princeton's last two games, but with Sturhahn in the Yale line he and Bridges are likely to find difficulty in gaining much ground...
Coach Roper of Princeton kept backs Slagle and Bridges sitting on the bench beside him lest they get hurt before the Harvard game this week, but he sent Dignan against Swarthmore, knowing well that if Dignan were not there to punt, if Dignan were not there to throw passes, hit the line, and tackle, his team might make a poor showing. Dignan did well. Score: Princeton 19, Swarthmore 7. Harvard managed to beat William and Mary though there were Boston "townies"* who left the stands loudly insisting that Mary had played the whole game-that if William...
...SLAGLE DIGNAN...