Word: repeater
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elimination process of the 50th annual I. C. A. A. A. A. track meet held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, the championship University of Southern California squad strengthened its chances to repeat in the finals this afternoon by qualifying 12 men, two more than either Yale or California, who are intrenched in second position. Houser, the brilliant weight man and leader of the Trojans, more than lived up to expectations by shattering both the shot put and discus marks in his qualifying efforts. Stanford and Georgetown each placed nine athletes in the semi-final and final events scheduled to start...
...leading aspirants for this year's title are Leighton Dye, Southern California, who should repeat this season, Ray Wolf of Pennsylvania should be well up and if Charley Moore of Penn State can get going he has a fine chance of defeating Dye. Ray Haas of Georgetown is a fast runner but his technique is not good enough to defeat any of the above hurdlers. Murphy of Boston College, Little-field of Bowdoin, Wells of Dartmouth and Bullard of Yale all have possibilities...
...Times' questionnaire has thus proved that the majority of Democratic Committeemen willing to express an opinion do not care to have their party repeat its previous performance. To students who care to view the questionnaire in a detached manner, it exhibits man, the political animal, re-acting unscientifically on the basis of a single instance. Even those who do not react stand pat only on the ground that they have not been sufficiently horrified...
From the point of view of the number of contenders entered the leading schools are Andover, Exeter, Cambridge Latin, Lowell High, Medford High, Milton, and Woourn. Andover, with an unusually strong aggregation of athletes, is favored to repeat its victory of the last three years. Exeter, always a dangerous contender, does not seem in a position to threaten the Blue's supremacy on Saturday...
...have a good opportunity to add a win to their record today at the hands of the Brown Freshmen at Providence. The Crimson 1929 squad pounded out a 10 to 2 triumph over the defenders last week, and judging by the showing of the Seconds at Andover, they should repeat the victory today. Mosely will probably face the Hear first year hitters, with Nash to reserve