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...frothy cloquence and red-herrings could persuade only two states, and has turned to the constructive strategy. Instead of parking in the middle of the President's road, to be mangled by the popular fervor he arouses when given a solid, reactionary opposition, the legislators are attacking his flank. The Sommers Bill granting full retirement pay to Supreme Court justices is an attempt to shunt the worthy aims of the administration into acceptable paths...
Taking his old place at center on the first line, Captain George Ford will be flanked by Ralph Pope at right wing and Austie Harding on the left flank when the whistle blows for the face-off with the Engineers. Harding, who played outstanding hockey for Clark Hodder's Yardlings last year, has been changed from center to wing and has not acquired all the polish that will be his before the season ends, but he will undoubtedly figure in at least three goals...
...French commanders in 1914-18. They fear that the necessarily small British Army may have been more trouble than its heroism was worth. Putting this even more politely the New York Times observed last week: "French generals are not certain that they want another British Expeditionary Force on their flank clogging their roads and transport facilities...
Yale, on the other hand, has never had an end problem--not since Larry Kelley was a Sophomore. And his flank-mate, Carey, can hold up his own end with marked ability. It is the center of the Eli team that is most vulnerable, and it is between tackles that field general Roberts will direct his running attack. The Elis have fallen repeatedly for the so-called mouse trap plays which rely upon good timing and cross-blocking, two branches of the game that Harlow has emphasized all fall...
Harlow's team did something no team has been able to do against Princeton for over two years, when Mal McTernen shot around the Tiger flank to score standing up. The great majority of touchdowns, few and far between, that have been chalked up against the New Jersey eleven since Fritz Crisler took command, have all been made through the air, or as a result of running back punts...