Word: players
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whole the national attitude toward General Johnson was that of a football crowd which sees a game but groggy player finally sent to the showers long after he should have been taken out of play. "He did the job," said the New York Herald Tribune. "Patriotic and gallant, but allied with a hopeless cause," said the Baltimore Sun. "No one could have tried harder," concluded the Chicago Tribune which hated him. In Los Angeles, the Times gave full credit for "good intentions." The Kansas City Star lamented his departure on the grounds that, while he was "a great showman...
...start of the season college football coaches describe undergraduates who play the game, was one main subject of discussion last week. At Princeton. 30 members of the squad were ill from food poisoning. At the University of Missouri. Coach Frank Carideo, one-time Notre Dame quarterback, ordered his players to attend classes in corduroy trousers, wear no ties or vests. Reason: "When a player begins to worry about his clothes, he becomes less of a football player and more of a loafer. I'd like to have my men dress so that when they walk down the street people...
...this transferring continues, it may lead to complications. So, hereafter, when you see a player running the wrong way at a football game, remember the chances are he's not making a mistake. He probably knows exactly what he's doing. He may just have decided to change colleges. --The Yale Daily News...
...complete uniform of the Harvard players will cost a total of $59.50 and the whole list of equipment for each player brings up the expenditure of the H.A.A. to approximately $70 per man. Simple multiplication reveals that it costs about $3000 for the uniforms for the Varsity squad alone...
Kelly, who prepared for Harvard at Groton, has been an outstanding member of his class. In his Freshman year he was Class President, Football Captain, and received his numerals in Spring Track. Last year he was a brilliant player on the football team and is sinted as first string end this fall, although he is at present out of the lineup...