Word: shyster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...late Yale-Princeton game, incensed by criticisms of my coaching, I said: 'Those yellowbellies who crucified my brother and Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin are not going to crucify me. I was forced into this job. I am willing to be judged by other coaches . . . not by shyster lawyers, poor doctors, dentists, $18-a-week clerks who think they know more football than Roper, Dobie, myself and all the other coaches in the country. Injuries have crippled the team so that at times this season I have been lucky to have four backs who knew the signals...
...followed tradition in hearing a speech from the U, S. Attorney General. Last year big Harlan F. Stone warned against shyster and semi-shyster attorneys This year big John G. Sargent warned against the same. He, a country lawyer, pointed out the tendency among urban attorneys to advertise themselves, to present "surprise" evidence, to forget the veneration which in less noisy times was paid to the great Principles of Justice...
...other characters are not so successfully represented. However, there are a few brilliant exceptions. Samuel Tanner as a shyster lawyer is most convincing, but C. L. Felter as president of a women's college fails to exhibit even the weaknesses demanded of his part. In passing, we cannot but demand that he have his frock coat altered so that it will fit around his neck...
...following men composed the Shyster eleven: A. C. Morse '01, W. B. Piper '03, W. B. Rogers '03, R. G. Scott '02, C. H. G. Heinfelden '03, V. C. Mather '03, C. H. Krumbhaar '03, S. H. Noyes '03, C. E. McGlensey '04, J. A. Knowles '03, H. L. Riker '03, G. G. Whitney Sp., and A. Ames '03, captain...