Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with the result that the success of the modern teams has been greatly diminished. During the first years of debating we spent much more time in hard and intensive preparation. The organization of the material for an intercollegiate debate was as much of an educational value as a good stiff half course. We investigated both sides and in doing so we collected material of wonderful intellectual value...
...spite of the informal character of the Business Men's team, it will be able to offer stiff opposition this evening and should push the crippled University quintet hard, for practically every man has had previous experience on the basketball squads of other colleges. Captain E. H. De Hority 1G.B. at forward was captain of the Indiana team in 1921, W. D. Stuart 1G.B., who holds down one guard berth, was given a place on the "All-Southern" basketball team for his playing on the Virginia Military Institute five last winter, while J. T. Semans 1G. at the other guard...
Last year the University mat-men defeated the Princeton team by the close score of 16 to 14, and with Morrison still on the mat another stiff contest should be in store for the Crimson this year. The line-ups follow...
...Freshman skaters, will play their first and only game tonight when they meet the Boston Eagles at the Arena at 8.15. The latter sextet is made up almost wholly of the regulars from the Boston College team, which has played stellar hockey all season, so they will furnish stiff opposition to the hastily formed Ramblers. The latter organization, too, has a large number of regular University stick-men but they will be greatly handicapped by the loss of Captain Owen, who was the outstanding man on the Crimson team, and of Higgins, the regular University goal-guard. The positions...
...hockey sextets, the game promises to be a close contest. Hughes on the Eagle's forward lipe is a fast skater and a clever stick handler so he is expected to be a serious threat to the Crimson defence, while Fitzgerald who guards the Boston goal should furnish a stiff barrier to the fast Rambler forward line. Curry, too, is an expert center who should speed up the Eagle attack...