Word: schoolboys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wylde, at right wing, is the star of the schoolboy outfit, and his work today will be watched with considerable interest...
...single schoolboy tally came in the first five minutes of play, when Dawes scored a goal from scrimmage. Near the end of the first half Captain Gray shot a long pretty goal that tied the score. The second half was uneventful until, with ten minutes to play. Wright added a second point to the yearling score...
...escape the form "Thou shalt" and "Thou shalt not". Moral exhortations in these forms are excellent in their way but indigestible when not highly tempered by imagination and especially when administered in large doses. They lose effectiveness in proportion as they increase in number and lack imagination. When a schoolboy hears "My Vacation" spoken of as a "fearsome opportunity of time", he is not apt to be properly terrified...
During the course of the play the yearlings were never hard-pressed, the schoolboy players showing excellent form but manifesting an evident lack of experience. Only the match between Rosen of the University and Russ went to three sets, but Ingraham and Parker provided some spectacular playing before the former...
...rather poor start, the yearling combination trailed by half a length for the first quarter-mile, but then steadied and began to draw up on their rivals. The Freshmen's final spurt came too late, however, and the schoolboy four crossed the line a seant foot in the lead