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...Overwhelm Richmond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY TENNIS TEAM IS VICTORIOUS IN FOUR CONTESTS | 4/25/1921 | See Source »

...football team deserves the highest tribute possible. Tonight at eight thirty-five o'clock this same aggregation which traveled over six thousand miles to defeat a plucky eleven from the University of Oregon arrives in Boston. A crowd must be at the station to meet them, to overwhelm them with thanks and congratulations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EIGHT THIRTY-FIVE TONIGHT. | 1/6/1920 | See Source »

...yard line by a series of desperate rushes, and then was thrown back three times by the stiffened Cavanaugh defense, La Roche attempted to make fourth down on a forward pass. And later, on another fourth down, he sent his backs through tackle in a vain effort to overwhelm the Boston line by sheer weight. Finally Acosta, at centre, showed himself incapable of filling Tim Callahan's position in the snap-back position Worried by the aggressive Boston centre, his passes were erratic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF YALE'S FOOTBALL SEASON REVEALS LITTLE AS TO STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS OF VISITING ELEVEN | 11/22/1919 | See Source »

...enveloped by unkind fate in the dark storm of war, we are threatened by irreparable loss. The Senior Picnic has gone, the Pudding Show has gone. And many of our classmates have gone, often leaving behind the sad memento of their debts. Yet the worst of all may overwhelm us. The goodies will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST AID | 5/2/1917 | See Source »

...shores. This, he estimated, would take at least 30 days. Supposing that about 150,000 men could be brought over at one time we should need an army of at least 250,000 to dispose of the invading force. The function of our navy should be not to overwhelm any opposing force but merely to be able to keep an attacking squadron back and so delay the landing of troops until our army should have time to assemble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREAT OF WAR AN EVER PRESENT CONSIDERATION | 12/8/1915 | See Source »

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