Word: squad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...member of the German firing squad definitely refuses to level his rifle at Nurse Cavell and he is shot on the spot. The rest line up and at the order to fire each raises his rifle so that the bullets strike above the woman's head. Nurse Cavell, however, falls down in a faint and an officer steps forward and despatches her with a pistol." The pistol used in making the film was, by way of meticulous realism, a German Luger (see photograph...
...regular forward on the Freshman team, and was a member of the University squad last year. It was in the Dartmouth game this year that O'Connell came to the fore and earned a regular berth for the rest of the season...
After two weeks of hard practice in the new Le Baron Russell Briggs baseball cage Coach F. G. Mitchell has pronounced the University baseball squad ready to take part in practice contests, beginning next week. The pitching staff has been rapidly rounding into shape, and yesterday for the first time this season the pitchers began to curve the ball. As a result the batting, which has been hard and continuous to date, fell...
...first practice game will be held at the beginning of next week in the cage, and will probably last about six innings. These practice contests, made possible this year by the new cage, have been inaugurated by Coach Mitchell to give the squad more experience and practice before the first game, with Boston University on April 7. Elaborate ground rules will be in force, and the outfielders of the opposing nines will not take their place in the field, confining their activities to work with...
With the appearance of Captain H. W. Burns '28, who reported for practice yesterday, the entire University squad, with the exception of J. N. Barbee '28, first-string pitcher, Willard Howard '28, another regular on the hurling corps, and J. P. Chase '28, second baseman, is working out in the cage, and having regular batting and infield practice...