Word: pounder
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...squad doctors have given out the opinion, however, that both R. Horween and J. K. Desmond Occ, will be physically fit to enter the contest on Saturday. Desmond, a 204-pounder, and probably one of the heaviest men who has ever played end, has suffered from an injured knee sustained in the Tiger game, and until yesterday had not rejoined the squad in the Stadium...
...which sits at the southern end of University Hall is a 75 mm. American-made British, Model 1917. It is very much like the British 18 pounder, with the exception of the bore and the sighting apparatus, and is remarkably accurate. Along with this gun are some of the fire-control instruments to be used in the courses given at the University...
...School, at Camp Upton, and sailed for Europe last April. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry in June and assigned to the 109th Infantry. He commanded a company through the battle of the Argonne and was promoted to a First Lieutenancy. He was in command of the One Pounder section of the regiment on November 11, when he was mortally wounded. The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded him posthumously for conspicuous bravery in action...
Baldridge, right tackle, and Yale's heavyweight wrestler, is the third 200 pounder. Behind the line Hutchinson is within five pounds of the 200-pound mark. During his career at Exeter and on the Yale freshman eleven he has been fast as well as a remarkable plunging back, and he has reported with promise of proving one of Yale's most powerful line-breakers. His brother, Guy Hutchinson, was a lightning quarter-back at Yale 10 years...
Tomorrow at 3 o'clock the shot-putting contests and the competition in throwing the 35-pound weight will start. The University candidates throw a 16-pound shot while the Freshmen use a 12-pounder. The rules governing these events are the same throughout. Handicaps will be assigned and cups given the winners at the end of the winter season. In each event two prizes will be awarded, one to the man having the best average for the entire competition and another to the one making the best single scratch record...