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...nip and tuck contest from start to finish the winning streak of the 1922 nine was finally broken by the tiger freshmen in the twelfth inning of the game at Princeton Saturday. Failure to bunch hits when they were needed was the reason for the 5-4 score against the Crimson yearlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1922 NINE LOST TO PRINCETON | 5/26/1919 | See Source »

...attack, but now it is clear that they can be attacked and damaged with comparative ease. The men who urged this raid will now be the men who control the situation, and we can rest assured that they will not allow this to be the only attempt to nip the submarine menace at its base. The British lion once aroused will not cease his hunting until the prey is caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID | 4/26/1918 | See Source »

...which was featured by even stiffer play, the University informal hockey players were unable to do more than tie their opponents by the score of 1 to 1. Each of the goals was made near the middle of the first half, and from that time on the play was nip and tuck, with neither side out-balancing the other and with comparatively few chances for either seven to increase its score. Both teams showed poor team-work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INFORMALS IN 1-TO-1 TIE | 2/7/1918 | See Source »

...Yale practice this afternoon consisted of another peculiar turn, for Coach Guy Nickalls lined up a heterogeneous crew which he himself stroked, and went after the first Yale eight. Nickalls' combination was too much for Captain Low and the other regulars, for after a nip and tuck race, the Yannigan eight pulled ahead and won by a fair length. The line of this victorious crew was as follows: Stroke, Guy Nickalls; 7, Wyman; 6, Abbott; 5, Campbell; 4, Cobb; 3, Whitney; 2, Rand; bow, Lasher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LUND BACK ON UNIVERSITY A | 6/10/1916 | See Source »

...single sculls race was very close all the way down. S. Gaillard, of Yale, and N. P. Darling '17 had it nip and tuck until the finish, when Gaillard pulled away and finished a length ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE SOPHOMORE EIGHT DEFEATED | 5/17/1915 | See Source »

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