Word: sleeper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were named by petition for the position of Class Post: Robert W. Anderson, and Richard M. Noyes, Chaloner B. Slade was nominated for Class Chorister, and William H. Sleeper was slated for Class Odist...
Yale, however, will probably not use many "sleepers," which is fortunate, for after a whole afternoon of "sleeper" practice against Chicago the week before, Harvard was still flatfooted against them yesterday. One Virginia touchdown came on a spectacular 35-yard reverse-field "sleeper" and the second coming after two passes not technically "sleepers" but equally obvious...
...expected, Captain Hamity, halfback Sol Sherman, and Wasem were the enemy standouts. Speedster John Davenport was a disappointment. This group tried every sort of "sleeper" play; once there were two "sleepers" on each side and another lying down way over on the sidelines. In other words, there were only six men who were not "sleepers." The Chicagoans even tried this trick stuff in their own end zone, where they spent much of the afternoon...
Harvard Club of New Jersey: John A. Carpenter, of Boonton; John L. Felmeth, of Elizabeth; Allen W. Greene, of Passaic; and Harvey P. Sleeper Jr. of Short Hills...
Last year the Latinists won by a score of 20-12 in a game featured by long passes, one of them a sleeper...