Word: grind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Violence strode the world last week. Great storms lashed the Great Lakes (see p. 15), the stock market crashed historically (see p. 45), assassin's guns were pointed in Belgium and Chile (see pp. 27, 32). President Hoover, rumbling through Indiana, felt his special train grind to a stop. A sedan had been placed on the tracks at a grade crossing. Secret Service operatives investigated on the spot. Two Negroes were arrested. They succeeded in convincing their captors that, ignorant of the President's proximity, they had plotted merely to collect damages from the railroad...
...first race this season, as will B. E. Estes '32, David Cobbs '31, R. W. Hale '31, and Daniel Merriman '31. Cobb and Estes have been on the injury list during the first part of the week, but are reported to be in good shape for this afternoon's grind...
...count of scores was kept in yesterday's grind. The various plays in the Crimson repertoire were run off and Coach Horween called the ball back regularly in order to analyze the carrying out of assignments and to give individual instruction. A thorough drill on offensive and defensive tactics was undertaken, the major emphasis being placed on the former. The Harvard mentor gave out two new plays which were tested in skeleton drill and then under actual fire...
...rest of the afternoon grind was devoted to scrimmage between two C teams. Considerable emphasis was placed on the aerial attack with successful results. Potter was on the throwing end of these passes and showed good form and accuracy...
Taking advantage of the coldest September weather in Cambridge history yesterday. Coach Arnold Horween '20 sent the University football. squad through the hardest grind to date. This morning the teams will be sent through a long, strenuous scrimmage period with a cut in the squad expected to follow...