Word: fracases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The early birds may get not only their traditional worm this week, but they will probably see eight muilled figures jogging through the early mists across the Anderson bridge to the Powerhouse bridge and return every morning. The Varsity mittmen have taken to roadwork, and their energy at the heathen...
*Conductor Leopold Stokowski left for California last week. After all the fracas with the Orchestra board (TIME, Dec. 24, et ante), he promised to return for three months next season as guest conductor.
Exactly what happened, and exactly where, may never be clear. In the sun-baked district of Ualual, claimed by Abyssinians to be 100 kilometers inside their frontier, and claimed by Italians to be in Italian Somaliland, an Italian force had to fight for the surprisingly long time of three days...
The only two men who are out of the Princeton fracas are Frank Little field and Charlie Kessler. The latter has been suffering from injuries all season and has now retired for the year in order to have an operation performed on his knee
The Caseymen's little fracas with the first-year men was purely defensive as far as the Varsity was concerned. Using typical Rockne plays and some assorted specimens brought back by the scouts from the Crusaders' recent engagements, the Freshman outfit swung into action in a way that was quite...