Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...With the opportune aid of the calendar clearing the decks for his Supreme Court fight, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt held their Army & Navy reception ushering in Lent, closed season on social events...
...victory over the Navy grapplers appear to be a toss-up, according to Coach Pat Johnson on the eve of the major contest at Annapolis tomorrow. Hanging in the balance are the outcomes of the heavyweight matches, topped by that in the unlimited class, in which Bill Glendinning will fight Player of the Middles...
...Fighting for the first time this year in his proper class, at 155 pounds, aggressive Pete Olney faces the star of the Virginia team, Maynard Harlow. Harlow is a Southern Conference Champion, has been undefeated ever since he first fought for the Cavaliers, a thoroughly enviable record, for he has faced the best in the Collegiate ranks at his weight. Olney, fast on his feet, hard hiting and dependable, lost but one bout last season--to this same Harlow. He will be out for revenge tomorrow night, and a hard close fight will result...
...along be chargeo with ambition for dictatorship. Justly enough the opponents point out the possible evil uses of the broad power. What they forget are the other guarantees of the Constitution, the tradition of the courts, and the stubbornly democratic attitude of the people shown now in the fight against Supreme Court changes. The narrow margin with which the amendment would squeeze into the Constitution itself tells Congress to step gingerly into new legislation. Even the stoutest attackers of the bill admit that the conditions in a few states need federal correction, and the issue is the passage...
...Intercollegiates last year they became known as the "fancy Harvard boxers," and after Larry Crampton, one of last year's greats, had toppled "Pinkie" Haines of Western Maryland to become the Intercollegiate champion in his class, the loser came out grumbling, "Aw gee, whiz, you guys don't fight...