Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These tickets, listing a number of college football games throughout the country with point handicaps are passed out by agents within a college; a subscriber picks from them any combination from four to eight games...
More important than this is the shrewd handicapping system employed by the lottery racketeers. Spotters are hired in all parts of the country to keep a close line on the teams which they are considering for card use. The Harvard Holy Cross game is a case in point...
Encouraged, he brought in his heavy points against an opposing slate, that of the Cambridge Civic Association. He pointed out that the CCA claimed to be a good government group. This was definitely a bad thing. He had a case in point to prove...
...true that the man was in jail. But that wasn't the point at all. "And do you know why? For helping illiterates, that's why." After explaining what an illiterate is, the speaker went on. "For helping illiterates," the chairman emphasized. The audience, now in the spirit of things, was muttering, displeased over such an injustice. A little louder, the speaker explained that the poor victim of good government had only been enabling these illiterates to exercise their FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO VOTE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. He had registered for them. Thus there was no doubt left that good government...
Valpey is also seeking someone to take over Walsh's role as extra point kicker. He had Fred Ravreby and John White practicing place kicks yesterday. The coach still was not sure yesterday whether Chief Bender or Don Cass would be able to play Saturday against Brown...