Word: mats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summer will be back in fashion next year. So American Express president Ralph T. Reed hopefully predicted last week as he landed in Manhattan after a two-month European tour. Because of the food shortage England still frowns on tourists but most of the Continent had the welcome mat out. Last week the U.S. Army was even considering letting tourists into Bavaria to help the Germans get some dollar credits. Next year there will be a good bit of transportation available on planes (an estimated 100,000 seats) and ships (200,000). The big catch...
...frayed but hearty welcome mat will be prominently displayed on the front doorstop at 14 Plympton Street tomorrow night when the CRIMSON opens its fall competitions to all four boards...
Hall Ulen's varsity swimmers deserted the exercise mat for their first aqueous practice yesterday, and found themselves inundated not only with water but a flood of 30 new Freshman candidates. "They don't sweat as much, but it's tough work just the same," aphorized Assistant Coach Bill Brooks, as successive six-man relays took of for 75 yard sprints...
...These boys can really take it," Ulen continues, explaining that he had stepped up the mat pounding conditionions schedule from last year to a session of an hour and a quarter. Last year, with practically an all-Freshman outfit, the "My gang is loaded with talent today, but so is every body else.," he added intimating that his water-war had just really begun...
...overly emphasizes the fancier grips of the wrestling fraternity, Boston stresses fundamentals. Says he: "If they only know two good holds, I'll put a team on the mat that can go nine minutes without dying from over-exertion...