Word: got
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crimson still wanted one more score. With Foley, Boston, Gardella, Fearon, Coleman, and Lowry relieving the regulars, the boys almost got the count over 30. But after a 20-yard get-a-way by sophomore Joe, the umpire pillaged the pellet, and the victory march of the fans commenced...
Shades of William Walker! Who is the budding Cortez at Cornell? Howard R. Anderson who writes so winningly...of big armies, big navies and bigger air forces to conquer North America, must be very young for college. I had ideas like his when I was about twelve but got over them about the time I stopped reading G.A. Henty. The past few weeks most of us have been thankful to live in country where the military machine is subordinate to the government and now this adolescent Alexander shrilly pipes for worlds to conquer...
...took up newspaper work and umpiring football, as well as some coaching, upon his gradution. A heavy, forceful man, his quality of saying the right thing at the right time has made him the top in the umpire world. He is always sent where the going is toughest. "I got to do Colgate-Holy Cross the day after tomorrow," he said. "I think they have had a little trouble there in the past...
...said, "the committee got a hold of me and told me they had a stiff assignment down in Raleigh, N. C. I told 'em that was too far to go, but when they said they had chosen me because they figured I could complete the game, I showed interest. They told me that the clash between these schools (the small Wake Forest and the big Duke, only 20 miles apart) had broken up in free-for-alls for the last couple of years...
...got to have some pole-vaulters," Jasko said yesterday. "I don't care whether they've never touched a pole before or not. In fact I'd almost prefer them to be beginners as long as they've got a sense of coordination...