Word: pivoting
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...pivot, Mrs. Craig, is the familiar type of woman who worships meticulously at the shrine of her Lares and Penotes. These household gods are her all, and it follows that she spends at least a third of her rather selfish life in preserving the domestic perfection of every absurd detail. The author, by taking a small, self-centered soul and depicting its fussy quirks with well-seasoned finesse, has converted her into an entertaining dramatic study...
Ferguson, the diminutive pivot whose clever stick work was a great factor in last year's Yale victories, will face the University sextet tonight for the first time this season. The Eli center is fully recovered from his early season injury and is expected to make trouble for the invading defense men. Captain Potts, the stalwart Blue leader, was the outstanding player in the first University win and will be ably supported by Cole and Noble, tonight, both of whom are fast and rugged...
...Harding, brother of the Crimson spare, the Tigers have a capable pivot man, who promises to keep both Chase and Scott, University centers, busy tonight. Harding was captain of the Princeton Freshmen last year, and scored against Yale in Princeton's surprising defeat of the Elis, two weeks...
...center on two victorious University elevens in 1921, and 1922, Clark ranked as one of the best pivot men in the country. These two teams, captained by R. K. Kane '22, and C. C. Buell '23, each defeated Yale by the same score of 10 to 3 and met with success in a majority of their other games. Coming from Exeter in 1919 he quickly lived up to his preparatory school reputation by winning a berth on his Freshman gridiron squad and putting the shot for the 1923 track team...
...Crimson first year men started fast and from the opening whistle were never in danger. The fast short passing attack worked smoothly and the winners wove their way through the Cushing guards for numerous attempts close under the back boards. Filoon, the rangy Freshman pivot, held a slight advantage in the jump at center and succeeded in getting the tip off to his team mates on a majority of the plays...