Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sneer the intelligensia, George Jean Nathanwise: "If Mr. Jordan were a baker, would he varnish his own pretzels?" Opine rival auto advertising writers: "He deserves most of the credit for tapping a new source of auto advertising appeal-the 'red blooded youth' racket...
...Harvard's almost unbroken series of defeats during the past 12 years in Rowing, Baseball, and Football contests with her old rival Yale, have caused her loyal alumni the deepest chagrin. Without for one moment questioning the fact that Harvard's want of success has been as keenly felt by those who have been graduated during the period from 1880 to 1892, the almost complete loss of prestige in athletics gained by Harvard over Yale from 1868 to 1879 makes it all the more difficult for those whose four years in Cambridge fell within the earlier period to understand what...
...similar associations formed in Baseball and Football. The climax of the Rowing Association was reached in 1875, when 13 college crews contested at Saratoga. It is on record that Yale took one first place, Harvard second twice, but, with one exception, Harvard secured a place ahead of her rival Yale, in the four contests during the existence of this Association. In 1876 a radical change from six to eight-oared crews was adopted. Harvard and Yale rowed by themselves, and up to this time the departures then made have been adhered...
...fall of 1890 it was conceded that the condition of our rowing affairs required heroic treatment. The captain of the '91 crew called together the graduates most interested in the matter, and laid before then a propositions by which the services of Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Cook's successful rival from 1877 to 1884, could be secured for three consecutive years, and not only the Varsity, but the Freshman crews were to be under his coaching. Seven out of the nine past crew captains heartily approved of the idea. All the undergraduates and 95 out of every 100 graduates favored...
...fortnightly CRIMSON contained among its editorial boards such names as William Roscoe Thayer, Robert Bacon, and Owen Wister, it had its narrowest escape from extinction in 1882, nine years after its birth. Financially on the rocks, the CRIMSON was all but ready to surrender and be absorbed by its rival; only by a margin of one vote was the merger project defeated...