Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge attended a dinner of the Gridiron Club, an Association of Washington newspaper correspondents. As usual at such affairs, the President spoke, but there is a rule that his remarks may not be published...
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With the addition of several football stars the wrestling squad has started preparation for the opening match with M. I. T. on January 20. The gridiron athletes who are reporting now are C. A. Bradford '26, A. L. Rogers '26, E. S. Daniell Jr. '26, George Hoague Jr. '26, and W. P. Locke '27. All the men who wrestled against Yale last year are back except Karolitz and Michelson. With a large squad of aspirants for the team reporting regularly, Coach Lewis hopes to better the record of last year's team, whose defeat at the hands of Yale spoiled...
...Tasker, who graduated from Syracuse, a pupil of the Rockne school of football. Knute Rockne himself, who was formerly connected with the William and Mary faculty, reorganized football coaching there two years ago, and since that time the college has met with increasing success on the gridiron. W. T. Hodges, chairman of the William and Mary Athletic Committee, is now engaged in his second year of graduate study in the Department of Education at the University...
...Coady, who played defense last year, is the logical candidate for the berth left vacant by Captain Crosby of last year's team. He combines weight with speed and was the most consistent member of the 1927 sextet. Zarakov is even more elusive on the rink than on the gridiron, and he can hardly be kept out of the regular forward line...