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...Crimson team took more shots at the basket than its rivals, but its listless, over-confident attitude allowed the Cardinals to have the upper hand throughout the entire game...

Author: By A. EDWARD Rowae, | Title: FESLER'S WESLELAN QUINTET UPSETS CRIMSON FIVE, 33 TO 31 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...effort to put more life into Harvard's listless passing attack, Harlow spent considerable time on the aerial warfare department. Little Frank Swirles job for this week is the impersonation of 195 pound Bob Peters, the Tigers triple threat captain, as the Jayvees are slated to put on an exhibition of Princeton plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY ELEVEN REQUESTS AND GETS UNSCHEDULED SCRIMMAGE | 10/29/1941 | See Source »

...then proceeded to crack the Dorm tackle for the second Deacon touchdown. The try for point failed. Although the injured Kirkland star, Al Matthis, was exberting them from the sidelines, the Dorm players nearly scored on the Deacons in the second half, when they roused themselves from their listless state and fought their way to the 20-yard stripe. Hero they were bogged down, and Kirkland maintained their un-scored on record...

Author: By Dan H. Fenn jr., | Title: '45 J. V. Ties Winthrop, 0-0, Kirkland Tops Dorms 13-0 | 10/15/1941 | See Source »

...Sennett hired him to act in some movie shorts. Prohibition booze gave him laryngitis which muffled his voice to a whisper, and he received a $3,000-a-week radio contract. Eddie Lang, his best friend and accompanist, died, and Bing wound up making pictures for Paramount. He seemed listless, but his income always increased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Groaner | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

Harvard's playing was by no means listless, and, sparked by Joe Romano, who scored seven points, the team fought well throughout. The quintet's main weakness was its failure to recover shots from the backboards, but in this it was handicapped by the superior height of the Lion team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Trim Quakers; Hoopsters Beaten | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

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