Word: knacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many weeks, Yale will have a slight breathing spell this Saturday before encountering Princeton and Harvard. The Blue eleven was outrushed and generally outplayed by Georgia, Dartmouth, Brown and the Army, but still remains as one of the few unbeaten, teams in the East. Fast thinking, and a knack of taking advantage of every break, has enabled the Bulldog successfully to weather an extremely difficult schedule...
...seem to prefer him at present to Dunker. In spite of the ability Spalding showed during the few moments he was allowed to play on Saturday, particularly at either end of the passing department, Stafford, according to yesterday's practice, ranks ahead of him. Both these generals have the knack of inspiring their teammates. Spalding has the edge as a signal caller, but gives way to Stafford when it comes to running back punts...
...characters are in many cases vividly drawn, but in the main they are subordinate to the examination of the intricacies of the social structure. Peculiarly in a position to know the very rich and the very poor, together with the legal mechanism of their interrelationships, he has the knack of dragging dull facts out of the textbooks into moving existence...
Puffer, a Sophomore last year, won his insignia as halfback on the second, team. With a weight of about 170 pounds, a fair amount of speed, and a considerable knack at drop kicking, he has developed into a versatile back...
Headwaiter Jones pitched sterling ball, showing a remarkable knack of always hitting those effete managers who had been casting aspersions on his rowing form at stroke in the Waiters' eight. In fact the managers two lone runs came in the third inning with the bases full of sore-limbed scoffers when Duggan, after chasing a long fly after catching it as he ripped on the quoits peg, and after rolling over and over on the grass, rose smiling and dizzy to throw to second base, in order to put out Halated, who had apparently fallen asleep between second and third...