Word: skaters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such a prospect would not have appealed to many former Pontiffs, but the present Holy Father, Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, was an agile athlete and a daring Alpinist in his cold youth. Though never a fancy skater or ski jumper, His Holiness was once an intrepid bobsledder and a skilled toboggan steersman. The present twelvemonth, 1929, is his "Jubilee year"-the 50th since he first celebrated Mass-and therefore devout Catholics hoped, last week, that by next Christmas the "Prisoner of the Vatican" will be released and restored to an athletic life...
...Clarence ("Taffy") Abel, are heavy and efficient, because Bill Cook, who skates with the rhythm of a moose running, is the highest-paid team captain in the National Hockey League, because Bun Cook, his brother who looks like Lindbergh and is engaged to be married, is surpassed as a skater only by the famed Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens. All season big crowds (from six to fifteen thousand) have cheered the Rangers in their home games but until two weeks ago the Rangers did not do much to justify the hopes placed in them...
...outstanding first-year skater was R. S. Ogden, who succeeded in netting three of the 12 goals. The scoring was well divided throughout the three periods, the goals registering regularly from beginning to end. M. G. Gammack made several perfect stops in the cage...
...Dartmouth team is led by Captain Hardy, veteran of last year's outfit who, with Lane, another veteran, constitutes the defense. Both of these men are of last year's football team and have proved a formidable barrier to their opposition's attack. Lane is a fast and fearless skater and brilliant with his stickwork...
...Clark, the starters, are heavy and rugged, while Coady, Howard, and Stanley, alternate defense men, carry plenty of weight and strength. Stanley has seen service as a wing in the last two games: he is not quite as hard checking as his fellow defense men and is a fast skater and an excellent shot...