Word: rugger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Roger Bennet '42, captain of the Rugger team in his senior year and now a student at the Business School was named as the new coach of the team at last night's meeting. Bennet who comes from Coulston Surrey in England succeeded Callahan who graduated from the Episcopal Theological Seminary last June...
...newcomers is an Englishman named Roger Bennett, a first year Business School student; another is a Chilean Law Schooler named John Cotter. Jack Thompson, a student at the Episcopal Theological School is the third, and sophomore Ken Kunhardt is the remaining untested rugger...
They'll be playing the "fastest game on two feet" down on the Business School field at 2:30 p.m., but the spectator public will be watching the baseball game, or the internationally-minded rugger team over on Soldiers Field...
...Rugger fans and curious spectators will get a taste of typical British sportsmanship once the game is over. Instead of going through the American post-game routine of a rubbing-down and removing cumbersome equipment, the teams will join in drinking beer after the final whistle...
...happy over the way his men have adapted themselves to the English style of playing football, has several good backs. Captain Joe Eaton, John Densmore, and former varsity gridder Sam Adams all show speed and a knack in handling the ball in the fluid and constant action which typifies rugger...