Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ballyhooed as "the race of the century," the magnificent bubble burst a few days before the scheduled rendezvous when Owner Howard scratched The Biscuit because of a weak knee. Disgruntled racing fans felt cheated, muttered unpleasant words about Owner Howard's weak knees. When a subsequent attempt to get the two horses on the same track at the same time failed at the last moment, popular interest subsided...
...have always felt that it was up to Harvard to bend the knee," he said, urging the mending of the "cleavage" between Town and Gown. Granville Hicks '23, Counselor in American History, presided at the talk...
Mention must be made of the superb line-backing of Winthrop's Joe Peden, whose jarring knee-high tackles were a strong point in the Puritan defense throughout the game...
...know," Thorp said, "that the greatest exhibition of grit I ever saw on a football field concerns a man you know. It was in 1910, and Penn State beat Pittsburgh 3-0. State had a tackle, one of the best there ever was, and he had water on the knee, had to be carried to the field. They put ice and stuff on his knee. The other team were confident that he couldn't play more than a few minutes. Well, he played an all-American game for 60 minutes. Name was Dick Harlow...
Yesterday's practice was marred by two slight injuries to A squad members. O'Loughlin, 194-pound tackle, who has looked very good on defense, suffered a wrenched knee, a recurrence of an old injury. Ready, who has been filling the center post regularly, injured a nerve in the back of his leg. Both may be in shape to play Saturday, however...