Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this, the patient is shoved in, head first, the rear door closed, and behold, the camouflage is complete; the old can jerks its way to the hospital; the rough riding is offset by the excessive heat on the patient's head from the engine...
...June 11.--A strong head wind which turned the Thames into a sea of white caps forced three of the four University crews training here to forego the morning row today. Coach Spuhn's Combination eight was the only one of the Crimson crews to venture out in the rough water for the early spin...
...rough water today caused the Yale crews to go for only short paddles in the morning, the First Blue eight limiting its workout to a mile row. In the afternoon, all the Eli boats went for long spins. Coaches Leader and Murphy devoting their energies to correcting petty faults which have become manifest during the last few days. Visitors to the Yale camp at Gales Ferry have become so numerous in the last few days that the coaches are seriously considering putting some ban on the hours which people may visit the camp...
...Haven, June 1.--A riotous celebration by the Freshman class at Yale involving the burning of the traditional "Freshman Fence" and the rough handling of a professor was under investigation here today. The riot, which occurred yesterday afternoon and evening, took place in the Berkeley Oval, the Freshman dormitory section. Professor F. H. Bangs was subjected to physical maltreatment when he tried to quell the outbreak...
...about a tennis court in Vienna. He was Count Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraten, playing K. A. Meldon of Ireland in the Davis Cup Tournament. Undaunted by losing the first two sets, 8-10, 4-6, the Count stroked his ball with reckless brilliance, accompanying every stroke with a volley of rough pleasantries. When Herr Quidenius, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, arrived, late, flustered, to take his seat, the Count implored him to leave. "Why must you come to spoil my luck?" he yelled. Herr Quidenius blushed. The gallery guffawed. Player Meldon, sensing the humor of the situation, lost...