Word: handicaped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...injury, E. F. Clark '28, was unable to make the trip. J. F. Carr '28, who was also suffering from a leg injury, played most of the game under a severe handicap, while Reid Ryan '28, right halfback, sprained his ankle before the game, and was able to play for only a part of the first period. While the Williams team played through the entire game without substitution, there were numerous shifts in the University lineup. Bernard Barnes '30 took the place of Clark, at right halfback; W. J. Salmon '30, who started the game at goal, was shifted...
Ever since his debut upon the stage o" the world; the Vagabond has suffered from the handicap of an innocent and benign exterior. Old gentlemen used to pat him on the head in public places, and kind relatives used to supply him with constant provender, the gentlemen with buffalo nickels, and the ladies with peppermints. A utilitarian even at his early age, the Vagabond would persist in harmonizing his actions with his appearance, to his immense material profit and moral advantage in times of stress...
...Harvard Flying Club won places in three races at the opening of the Worcester Airport yesterday. A crowd of 40,000 people saw the races. A. U. Pabst 3L., starting from scratch in the lightplane handicap race, finished third, and won a cash prize of $125. Crocker Snow '26 flew in the handicap race for all planes of high horse-power, and finished fifth. In this same race, Fisher Ames 2L., flying his own plane, finished third. Ames, who is Vice-President of the Flying Club, also entered the race for high powered commercial craft with his own plane...
This set of races is the first contest of the kind ever entered by members of the club. The new Cartis Travelair plane, the fastest ship in its class, was taken as par in the light plane handicap. It passed several planes which started ahead of it, and took third prize...
...made a noble and not unsuccessful attempt to redeem the University's histrionic prestige. The entire cast had the verve and spontaneity which comes only without rehearsal. Individual bits of skilful characterization and subtle nuance were too numerous commendation. Certainly the achievement of the football squad, even under the handicap of mere practice, contrasts sharply with the inability of the Dramatic Club's finest to gain recognition from First National. The yardage gained in clods of earth compensates in great measure for footage lost in film...