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Proud was he of that "snapper" on the end of his acceptance speech. He said afterward: "I suppose I've gone Cal one better with that 'Who could say no?' I'll pay for that. Some wag will follow me to my grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Who Could Say 'No'? | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...harass a Cabinet officer by nipping and snapping at his ankles is the legislative pastime of not a few Senators and Congressmen. Such a nipper-snapper is Tennessee's rubicund Senator McKellar who, at the Senate's brief special session last month, raised the question of Andrew William Mellon's eligibility to serve President Hoover as Secretary of the Treasury. Always antagonistic to Secretary Mellon, Senator McKellar, by resolution, asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Nipper-Snapping | 4/29/1929 | See Source »

Macomber will have his hands full with Captain McMillan of Princeton, who has been one of the bulwarks of the Tiger line for the last two years. If need arises McMillan may be shifted to guard, in which case Bartell will be in the snapper back position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DESPERATE CRIMSON ELEVEN SEEKS TIGER'S PELT TODAY | 11/7/1925 | See Source »

...survivors, Captain McMillan, who has been holding down the pivot berth, has been moved over to guard. Bartell, up to now an end, has been put in the center to fill the place left vacant by McMillan's shift. Bartell is not a novice at the snapper-back position, having had experience as a center on his Freshman team two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROPER SHIFTS LINE RADICALLY | 10/14/1925 | See Source »

...shown ability in the games he has been in to date to scent running plays and forwards when playing his position of "roving center" on the defence. He is quick and lithe and though not very heavy has a build somewhat resembling that of Havemeyer, last year's star snapper-back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REORGANIZED CRIMSON ELEVEN FACES VETERAN WESTERN TEAM IN STADIUM | 10/8/1921 | See Source »

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