Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists-and they were saving their surprise-was sure how the vote would divide. In the jammed public galleries there was a solemn checkerboard of Jesuit black, Franciscan brown, Dominican white-set off by the bright springtime pinks and blues of .snappily dressed women. The heads that craned forward were alternately tonsured and gaily feather-plumed...
Local citizens noted the exodus with approval, especially one S. Sigmund Hickenlooper '14, brakeman for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, who said he was looking forward to the revival of his favorite outdoor sport...
From that hardy band, Fred Mulcahy, last year's New England intercollegiate champ, and Oakes Ames have graduated, leaving behind Bill Rickenbacker, Walt Butler, Larry Gray, and Paul Coste. All of these veteran clubbers, with the possible exception of Coste, last year's appointed captain, are definitely looking forward to pitching and putting when the team starts taking its practice shots immediately after the Easter vacation...
Mariaschin, captain of this season's Varsity, who alternated between guard and forward, received 11 out of a possible 14 votes in landing a post at guard on the number one team. Hauptfuhrer, this year's center and leading Crimson scorer as well as next winter's captain, was high man among the second-string five with ten votes...
Between periods, the organ lustily pumped out a chorus or two of Alouette. That seemed to inspire Les Canadiens. With two minutes to go, Forward Buddy O'Connor lashed in the winning goal. In Manhattan next night, Les Canadiens brought their local color along. While winning again and clinching first place, they engaged in Madison Square Garden's liveliest hockey riot in many a year (partial score: three misconduct penalties, an obstreperous fan's bald pate creased...