Word: holder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well meaning but muddled officials. One of these decisions occurred in the Army-Illinois game. A field judge disallowed a place kick goal by Army because the player holding the ball had let both knees touch the ground. The referee was sure that the rules exempted the ball-holder, but the field judge, Massachusetts Boxing Commissioner Dan Kelly, convinced him the rules had been changed. The judge was wrong. That same afternoon a Pennsylvania kick bounced off a Dartmouth player's back. A Pennsylvania man picked up the ball, ran it over the line. On Dartmouth's protest...
These four Fellowships are part of the Charles and Julia Henry Fund which was founded "in the earnest hope and desire of cementing the bonds of friendship between the British Empire and the United States." The awards, which carry a stipend of 500 pounds, entitles the holder to a year's study at Oxford or Cambridge University; while similar awards in Great Britain enable the holder to study at either Harvard or Yale University. Candidates must submit evidence of distinction in some recognized branch of learning, and at the same time, must present a definite scheme of study or research...
...doors of the President's office to let in the biggest jam that had attended any Roosevelt press conference. Some of the last men in had to be pushed forward by guards. The President leaned back in his desk chair, puffing at a cigaret in a yellow bone holder. "All in?" he cheerfully inquired. "Then shut the doors, and nobody leaves until the conference is over. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to those close to the desk...
...stocks-Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. preferred and Pierce-Arrow Class A. Under a recapitalization plan launched soon after Pierce-Arrow was segregated from Studebaker (TIME, Sept. 4), both of these old issues are exchangeable for a single new issue of Pierce-Arrow common-but in different ratios. The holder of one share of old preferred will receive 3.2* of new common; the holder of one share of old Class A will receive one-tenth of a share of new common. Thus in terms of new stock the old preferred is theoretically worth 32 times as much...
...Bruins was that the Yale player picked up the oval behind the goal-line and thus deprived them of a legitimate safety. The other faux pas was the incident in the Army-Illinois contest, when Referee Dan Kelly refused to allow an Army place-kick because the holder had both knees on the ground...