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...work was the chief cause of Williams' downfall, but since then hard practice has made this defect negligible. Each man on the five is a letter man, to whom Coach Shanahan has had to waste no time teaching fundamentals. Captain Beckwith is the steadiest player, and he and Fargo excel in the short, quick passing game. Wightman is a power in the offensive. Beckwith may not be in the line-up this evening since he has lately been suffering from a nervous breakdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURPLE OPPONENT OF FIVE | 1/22/1921 | See Source »

...most of the predictions of experts. There were many reasons for this. In the first place, they were members, of a picked team from Great Britain's two most ancient and best-known universities, selected to compete against Cornell's best. Cross-country and distance running, moreover, is par excellence the Englishman's specialty. We excel in the dashes, hurdles and field events--contests in which a high degree of nervous energy is required for a short period of time. The Britisher, on the other hand, has usually excelled in events which require stamina, endurance and long training. Of such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Runners' Excellent Showing | 1/3/1921 | See Source »

...seemed to galvanize a dispirited attack into action. It was the Irony of fate that Roper saw his charges robbed of victory by a forward pass that outwitted his secondary defense. The Princeton back over whose head the pass was slung was Cleaves, recently substituted on account of his excellent breaking up of forwards against the Navy and West Virginia, a department at which Murrey did not excel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY AND JUNGALEERS BATTLE TO DEADLOCK BEFORE 40,000 INMAT | 11/8/1920 | See Source »

...Coast championship team, which this year defeated the University of Oregon, Leland Stanford and the University of British Columbia, receiving in the decisions 14 out of a possible 18 judges vote. Washington has been concentrating with great success on delivery and polish in oratory, in which they will undoubtedly excel the University team, whose hopes are based on clear thinking and logical reasoning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PICKS WESTERN DEBATERS | 5/3/1920 | See Source »

Gardner Tilton '20, of Lexington, will lead the University team, while Ulysses Ridley '22, of Brookline, is the captain of the Freshmen. Both men excel in the dashes and the relay, although the former is also in the diving events. It was decided that beginning on Monday both teams, will practice in the tank of the Boston Y. M. C. A. instead of in the one at Cambridge which is not a regulation pool. The only definite dates on the swimming schedule as yet are February 8, when the University will meet Andover at Andover, March 1, when the Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TILTON AND RIDLEY ELECTED CAPTAINS OF SWIMMING TEAMS | 1/31/1919 | See Source »

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