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Word: stiffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...result of this contest will go a long way towards deciding the Massachusetts State Championship. Should Harvard win, the University will have a safe lead in the tournament, having won 12 of its 15 matches to date. The line-up of the Boston team indicates a stiff battle for the Crimson men. C. C. Peabody, who holds the state championship, will play in No. 1 position against Captain Dixon. He is supported by Malcolm Bradlee '22, former state champion and captain of the University Squash Team in 1922, who was the opponent of G. D. Debevoise '26. W. P. Belknap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO STATE CHAMPIONS IN RACQUET CLUB MATCH | 1/12/1924 | See Source »

...Crimson, tonight's contest should provide an opportunity for Coach Winsor to give his subs some action in a game. Hitherto chances of this sort have been rare enough, as the schedule has proved to be unusually stiff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET FAVORED IN CONTEST WITH M. I. T. | 1/9/1924 | See Source »

...Bulldog is Losing His Grip." From a hasty glance at his opening fire-works, it appears that "Gundelfingery" has forced its way to the fore against tremendous odds. With a complete spy system among New York publishers, an underground railway of insidious rumors at the college, and a stiff resistance among the college papers, Yale managed to keep his great book, "The New Fraternity", still in manuscript; in manuscript until the heroic author "deluged both the Yale faculty and the undergraduates" with cards. Apparently this injection had its desired effect for by showing Yale that its Bowl was a place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "GUNDELFINGER" | 12/5/1923 | See Source »

With the odds placing it close behind Princeton and not far ahead of Yale, the University cross-country team comes up against a stiff fight in New Haven this morning in the triangular run starting from the Bowl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER HAS EDGE ON YALE AND CRIMSON HARRIERS | 11/17/1923 | See Source »

Though conceded only a fighting chance for victory in tomorrow's game with the powerful Pennsylvania eleven, the Crimson soccer men have by no means lost hope of capturing the contest. After the stiff practice yesterday afternoon the entire squad was pervaded with a spirit it of determination which bodes ill for the invading Pennsylvanians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VISITORS FAVORED TO WIN IN SOCCER CONTEST | 11/16/1923 | See Source »

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