Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assiduously, but too many champagne and night club parts have branded him as a gay man-about-town and his manner sometimes typifies Park Avenue rather than Beacon Street. Furthermore, though his performance is as near-perfect as it could be under the circumstances, he suffers from the unfortunate handicap of not being a Harvard...
Ostensibly this great line will enter today's contest in the best of physical shape--actually some of its top stars are running under the handicap of injuries suffered in practice sessions early this week. One of the secrets of the success of this year's team is that when it practices, it practices all the way out with the holds barred...
...that Mrs. Widener had spent her money on building new stalls in the Widener stables* instead of in our library, rather than it be desecrated as it is today. Let the inability of these women to enter our Reading Room be known in their future history as the Widener Handicap...
Both fullbacks are Sophomores, but their lack of experience is their only handicap. Bob Harbison and Oils Taylor are both hard-playing, long-kicking backs and are expected to fill ably the shoes of last year's regulars, Roger Oresman and Captain Dave Ives. Their chief support will be Bud Killam...
Differing from last Saturday's University handicap affair, which was run over a comparatively flat course, tomorrow's race will wind over hill and dale at Riverside, B. U.'s home course...