Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Farrell of the University cross-country team staged a stiff race around the Charles River course yesterday afternoon to determine the make-up of the squad which he will take to New York with him next week to compete in the Intercollegiate Cross Country meet...
...reverse might be partially, explained by the hilly Princeton course which winds about the campus for a mile, then makes two circuits of the golf course by the graduate school, follows the Raritan canal loepath for a mile, and ends back on the campus with a stiff half-mile up-grade...
...like the winds, sweeping his fellows nearer to the Big Ten championship. Though keenly watched by hawk-eyed Iowa ends, Grange scored two touchdowns in the first period, arranged for a third, threw two passes that gained 86 yards. For Iowa, Quarterback Parkin, of Yale Bowl fame (1922), played stiff breeze to Grange's hurricane. Score: Illinois 36, Iowa...
...Blue was Pond's forty-eight yard run for a touchdown in the opening period. With Yale in possession of the ball at midfield, Pond drove at the Army's right tackle but ran into a nest of waiting Cadets. Shaking these off, he broke to his left, stiff-armed two more tacklers and raced the remaining distance to the goal line...
Theopold is another player who has won his place against stiff competition. The coaches seem to prefer him at present to Dunker. In spite of the ability Spalding showed during the few moments he was allowed to play on Saturday, particularly at either end of the passing department, Stafford, according to yesterday's practice, ranks ahead of him. Both these generals have the knack of inspiring their teammates. Spalding has the edge as a signal caller, but gives way to Stafford when it comes to running back punts...