Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Brown team is expected to have a stiff attack, its power having steadily increased since its 21-0 defeat at the hands of Yale three weeks ago. In penetrating Dartmouth's defense for two touchdowns last Saturday. Brown showed a driving attack that will be a real threat to the Crimson goal. And although the absence of Sheldon at end will prove to be a severe handicap tomorrow, the development of Payor, Sweet, and Klump in the backfield during the past week has given an added impetus to the Brown Offense...
Despite a wet field and poor weather all week, Coach Nies has given his Tigen eleven several stiff practice sessions in preparation for tomorrow's encounter. The last hard scrimmage before the game was held yesterday, and although the squad was still hindered by the condition of the field, the emphasis paid during the week to blocking, pasing, corner kicking, and heading the ball was not without effect...
...Harvard football team is at last beginning to find itself. That was the verdict at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon after a long scrimmage with the scrubs in which Coach Fisher's men displayed more power than at any time this season. Although still stiff and bruised from last Saturday's encounter with Dartmouth, the University showed a driving attack in puncturing the second team line for two touchdowns which make the prospects for the future far less gloomy than they appeared late Saturday afternoon...
...spite of the rain and with a stiff wind blowing that made it hard to keep to the course, the preliminaries of the Fall Sculling Regatta were run off yesterday on the Charles. From 2 until 4.15 o'clock 11 events were run over the half mile course extending upstream from the bend in the river just above the Stillman Infirmary. Most of these were heats and semi-finals with the finals coming this afternoon...
Yesterday Wheeler and Briggs, who played against each other in the finals for the Jackson Cup singles championship, met stiff opposition from the Hannington Coleman combination winning the third set by a 12-10 count. Wheeler and Briggs quickly got the jump on their opponents and took the first set 6-3. By this time, however, Coleman had his overhead stroke and his service in excellent control, and with Harrington succeeded in taking...