Word: fletcherizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loves, deeds, progeny, businesses of all Biblical characters who amounted to anything-they have been properly set down at last by the Rev. E. Fletcher Allen, M. A., in a book with a cover as blue as the Sea of Galilee entitled Who's Who in the Bible...
...meet only a week distant, the Crimson appears to have only a fighting chance to win. In a comparison of strength from previous performances Yale has a margin of from fifteen to twenty points over Harvard. With all the Crimson athletes in good condition, the meet would be closer. Fletcher, the best Hurdler, will not be able to compete again because of illness...
With Miller out of condition, Norton, Yale's star who scored 12 points in the intercollegiates, ought to win both the 100 and the 200 yard dashes. Either Peck or Lundell should place in these events. With Fletcher out, Yale should win both the high and low hurdles. Captain Gage of Yale should win the 440 with his teammate, Paulsen close behind him. The broad jump is conceded to Norton of Yale, intercollegiate champion. Comins and Deacon are likely to shut out Harvard's men in this event. The latter should win the high jump, being capable of jumping over...
Harvard will have another stiff proposition when it travels to New Haven in two weeks to face these Blue athletes. The Crimson team, it was announced last night, will be hampered by the loss of its star hurdler, Fletcher, who is forced to give up track on account of ill health. Coach Farrell calls him "the best hurdler we have ever had", but goes on to say that he has never been able to do his best on account of his physical condition. In the indoor meets this winter, Fletcher showed what he might do under favorable circumstances, but this...
...Fletcher's absence means that Robb and Kane will have to do some hard training in the hurdle events. Against Princeton the Yale hurdlers showed up about as well as the Crimson men did, that is a third in the low fences behind Howell and Scattergood and a second to Scattergood in the high. Harvard also scored a third in the high...