Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman wrestling team will have stiff opposition today when they face the M. I. T. yearlings this evening at the Hemenway Gymnasium at 8 o'clock "Cyclone" Burns who coaches the Engineers has developed a first team and they should give Coach Jedlinskis man an opportunity to display their ability. The following men will represent the yearlings: 115-lb, F. N. Millet; 125-lb., P. R. Crowly; 135-lb., J. D. Tragard; 145-lb., T. G. Murphy; 158-lb., E. G. Lowry Jr.; 175-lb, E. H. Bates; unlimited, T. H. Hoag...
...with the Norfolk Country Club the next day. After a day of rest they will go to Washington to meet the Chevy Chase Country Club and from there they will go to Baltimore to face the Baltimore Country Club. The final match of the spring trip will be a stiff contest at Annapolis with the midshipmen on Saturday, April 22, after which the team will return to Cambridge. Last year the team was very successful in every respect as it gave way but to one team on its southern trip, and that was a Providence combination that included Tilden...
Although the Philadelphia combination was recently defeated 7-2 by Yale, and the University team has had no difficulty in remaining undefeated, the former is expected to offer stiff resistance. An interesting feature of the meet is that the University of Pennsylvania foilsmen have been trained in the Italian fashion, whereas the University men have been coached in the French manner. The home team has the unusual distinction of including two left-handed fencers...
...Crimson team has not been hard put to emerge at the long end of the score in any of its previous contests this term, but the Philadelphia combination, although lately defeated 7-2 by Yale, is expected to give the University men some stiff opposition. The meet will be particularly interesting because the University of Pennsylvania team has been coached in the Italian manner, whereas the Crimson foilsmen have always practised the French method of fencing. The home team has also the unusual distinction of including two left-handed fencers...
...second University hockey team will face stiff opposition this afternoon when they face the well-organized and speedy Noble and Greenough sextet on the Charlesbank rinks. Not only do the schoolboys present a machine-like combination, but they offer a serious threat with brilliant individual players both on the offensive and defensive lines. Wylde at right wing is an exceptionally speedy skater and an accurate stick handler so he should furnish the second's defensive players with frequent opportunities to show their worth...