Word: placement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Again Columbia has taken the lead in devising a new educational policy, this time its activity being directed toward the devising of a new method of placement in college courses...
Tennis circles rocked when Manuel Alonso of the Spanish Davis Cup team beat William T. Tilden, II, national champion, for the Illinois State open singles title. Most critics agreed that Tilden was near his best, and that Alonso won on his own merits-placement and force in cross-court driving, plus able net work. The score: 8-6, 11-13, 6-3, 6-1. Tilden and Alonso had met several times before this season, always to the former's advantage. This upset is regarded as one of the biggest in net history. A similar occurrence was in 1921, when...
...will be assisted by Coaches J. L. Knox '98, D. E. Parmenter '13, and by several of this year's letter men, including Vinton Chapin '23, P. F. Coburn '23, C. A. C. Eastman '24, and J. M. Hartley '23. The coaches are planning to hold dropkicking, punting, and placement kicking contests at the end of the practice period, as was done last year...
Four tackles stood out impressively above all others: Neidlinger of Dartmouth, Gullan of Brown, Eastman of Harvard, and Treat of Princeton." Neidlinger, due to his amazing ability of following the ball and the excellence of his long placement kick against the University, was awarded one berth, and Gullan of brown the other. The latter was clearly the strongest man in the Brown line when it faced the Crimson and it was chiefly through his efforts that the University offensive was checked time and again...
...passing game, and after a neat advance of 25 yards, Buell intercepted a toss from O'Hearn meant for Jordan. Again the kicking game started, but after two exchanges O'Hearn made a fair catch on the Crimson's 45-yard line. Yale decided to try an on-side placement kick, but just as the ball left O'Hearn's foot, Eastman, rushing up, blocked it, knocking it toward the Yale goal. Then followed a desperate chase, but the first two Yale men misjudged in their attempts to fall on the ball, and Eastman recovered on Yale's 35-yard...