Word: hardest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Donaghy is the lightest halfback of the University squad. But he is also one of the toughest, the hardest to down, and the most level headed. In the 34 to 0 defeat his Freshman team suffered at the hands of Yale two years ago his playing stood out as one of the few bright spots in a gloomy afternoon. In recent scrimmages he has been showing up well as a running back, which combined with an ability to throw and handle passes has advanced him to the position of an excellent first stging possibility...
Some thought Sharkey hit oftenest. Others said Dempsey hit hardest and forced the fight. Sharkey seemed the livelier, Dempsey the stronger, when, in the seventh round, something happened about which cigar stores and drawing-rooms, blind pigs and boudoirs, will never need to stop wrangling...
...receive a kindly comment, I think I would drop dead. If you are contemplating giving anything a friendly and helpful comment, do let me know in advance as the shock would be too much. In this sordid world just filled with worries and cares, and where one tries his hardest to see only the good, of what use do you think your paper is with its cheap gossip and sarcasm ? (MRS.) GLADYS BARGER Boston, Mass...
...month flood of the Mississippi River is 114. Last week in Kentucky and Tennessee scores of mountain streams, creeks hardly with names, took probably as many lives in the space of a few days. Flooded by an eleven-hour cloudburst they swept away bridges, houses and villages. Hardest hit was Perry County, Ky., with some 30 dead. The estimated death list has passed 100, with reports from isolated mountain districts expected materially to increase this total. Said Sheriff William Cornett of Perry County: "This is undoubtedly the worst catastrophe that Kentucky has ever known...
...verge with 297, while J. P. Chase '28, William Ullman '27, and Captain Isadore Zarakov '27, follow closely, with 294, 293, and 291 respectively. W. W. Lord '28, one of the leaders in the early season games, has fallen to 283 although he still ranks as one of the hardest sluggers on the team...