Word: roots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Joss and Wortham. The new combination did not go as well as the old and in addition the right side crumbled under the fierce attack of the Crackers, Georgia on straight line plays making 73' yards in the first period against 23 for the Blue. Jess, Wortham and Root were put into the game in the second period in place of Richards, Eckart and Butterworth and the line showed more power, holding their opponents even on rushing gains in that quarter and outdoing them in the last half. It would seem as if this latter combination is the most logical...
...presidential election and a football season to drive the Ku Klux Kian off the front pages of the newspapers. The Society, which purposes to foster patriotic ideals and "a spirit of toleration in economics, politics and religion," seems to have a happy future before it, and in Elihu Root has found a worthy sponsor...
...Root in a long and varied career has confronted many difficult problems, but never, perhaps one quite so ticklish as this. Like Diogenes he must wander through the streets searching for new members who will meet all the requirements of membership at the particular moment. One candidate will have to be not only a catholic, but also a Progressive, a free-trader, and a supporter of the open shop. Another vacancy may call for a Protestant, a supporter of Davis, a backer of immigration, limitation, and a firm friend of high protective tariffs...
Above all, no man may chance his views on any subject. No Catholic may become a Protestant, no Democrat may support Coolidge, no capitalist turn socialist! Or once again would Mr. Root be forced to take up his lantern and wander out into the night...
...Joss and Root are now leading the race for the tackle positions, with Sturhahn and Richards looking like their most promising running mates at guard. Of these men Richards alone started the game against the southerners at the position he held today. Captain Lovejoy at center and Bingham and Luman on the flanks are the only men who can be reasonably sure of retaining their positions in the line...