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Less noisy but more necessary is the Corpse Fender, the gentleman who clears the shallows of the Ganges of scorched Hindus. The native's economy urges him to save the wood supplied by a hygienic government for funeral pyres; he puss the Ganges to its time-old use. From that practice rises the need for this Hindu, Gaffer Hexam, a fisher...
This mistake elicits much laughter, and a witty graduate who has just had lunch wants to know, as one man to the rest of the house, if it is puss-in-the-corner that is being played...
There is a hush, broken only by the witty graduate, who, encouraged by his first success, wants to know again if it is puss-in-the-corner that is being played. This fails to gain...
...slow and will have to improve in this particular in order to make a successful player. Calhoun, '90, occupied the position of short-stop on the freshman nine last year and played it well. He is light and quick and a fair batter but not likely to take "Puss" Noyes place on the 'Varsity nine. Day, '89 S., is one of the best players in college. He caught for the freshmen last year and played first some. He is a heavy man, has a sure eye and is a good thrower and hard hitter. He will undoubtedly be change catcher...
...They urge in their defence, "Yes, but Sears and Harding will play in the Yale game." True, little friends, but one end-rush does not make a victory any more than the proverbial swallow makes a summer; you must train your eleven to play foot-ball and not puss-in the-corner; your rushers must run with the ball and not let the half-backs do all the work; or, if they want the half-backs to score, they must block like men and not give way at every rush. Another evident point of weakness seems to be failure...