Word: picked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kicked and beaten, another, down on all fours, reaching out his hand to pick up the valuable lens of his shattered machine. A policeman smashed the reaching hand with a neat blow . . . kicked the lens far away...
Captain Tibbetts will lead his team by running in the two-mile relay against Yale instead of entering the Hunter mile as has previously been thought. The other five men from whom Coach Farrell will pick his three flyers to aid Tibbetts in downing the Blue are O'Neil, Kobes, Haggerty, Watters and Kane. Captain Norton of Yale will not run the relay as announced, but will devote himself to the dash. His team will consist of Berger, Laughlin, Terry, and either Evans, Scoville or Vorster...
...mile event, M. I. T. will have an opportunity to avenge the defeat ad- ministered recently on Soldiers Field. Coach Faell will pick his team for this event from O'Rogers, Lundell, Kane, Dunn and Haggerty. The M. I. T. combination will probably consist of Captain Leness, Teagher, Smith, and Howlett. Captain Leness demonstrated his ability in the relays a month ago, and flashed real form when he defeated Helffrich, former Penn State champion, and Haggerty in the 600 yard run at the K. of C. games. Leness did not run at the Millrose games Thursday night...
...blamed for his shrewishness. Even though one grant him a disposition superior to chronic mud slinging, his provocation is immense. Before rattling off the presses, most novels have endured compression to standard dimensions of theme and plot. More than human patience would be required for the reviewer to pick out minor originalities from this stereotyped mass. After all, acidity is the best antidote for dullness...
Captain Norton himself will run the anchor position, and will pick his other three men from Berger, Evans, Ferry, McLaughlin, Scoville, and Vositor. A final trial will be held on Wednesday or Thursday to determine who these men will...