Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the Stadium with the goal post they careened down the river bank, where by an unhappy mischance, it fell into the torrent. Loud was the wailing at the sad event; equally great was the pleasure of the assembled multitudes when one of the members of the throng stepped forward, pulled up his pants to his knees, and ran into the water to his waist. Seizing the floating trophy, he was about to remount the bank, when he was seized with the happy idea that it was now his, and his alone...
...portion, but nevertheless is prone to regard the unsociable defendant, who probably did not fight for the Stars and Bars, with a jaundiced eye. Judge Priest turns the tables in masterful fashion. While the strains of "Dixie" are wafted into the hushed courtroom, the parson, (Henry B. Walthall) comes forward as character witness on behalf of the defendant. The resulting climax will cause Guiseppe Vespucci, of South Boston, to rise tearful from his seat and give the rebel yell...
...rushed to the Paris residence of Jugoslavia's Marshal of the Royal Household, while the rest of his party went to the Ritz.* Next morning Dowager Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, all in black and looking very pale and sick, arrived to meet her son. As Peter ran forward to kiss her she did something very funny. She dropped on one knee and curtsied...
Outstanding in the display of this well-balanced forward wall was the work of David Glueck, former Exeter player, who turned in a fine defensive game at right guard, stopping several schoolboy plays cold with decisive tackles. Although the backfield contains no stars of the first order, O'Toole, Oaks, and Jerome form the nucleus of what promises to be a better than average secondary...
...nothing to do before a football game, just drop over to the field across Boylston street. Watch captain Fred Stork at left inside hover vulture-like around the goal. Watch Mel Grover and Del Clos, both players all through Andover and Harvard, hold up the right side of the forward line. But the key to the whole situation lies in the half-back line, manned this year by John Dorman, Frank Vincent, and Ted Roosevelt. Dorman is a determined, untiring worker. He is a feeder of the forwards, breaker-up of the opposing front line, and the most eager...