Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general feeling seems to be that the regulars will benefit by an extended lay off after their strenuous games of the last two week-ends and before entering the final drive of the season. With this in mind the coaches have seized the opportunity to develop the reserve material which seems at present to be in need of experience and seasoning. Remembering the old axiom that a fort is as strong as its weakest point, the work of the substitutes against the Pennsylvanians will be watched with great interest...
...prospective West Point cadet, entrance to the Military Academy involves the overcoming of higher and more strenuous obstacles than those standing before an aspirant Freshman to Harvard or other civilian colleges...
Amid the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the emergence of Czechoslovakia, the Bat'a firm weathered strenuous post-War depression and came at last into deadly cutthroat competition with the old hand-shoemaker class. One day Shoeman Bat'a cut his prices 50%. Soon hunger-haunted shoemakers paraded through Prague, displaying placards: Bat'a Shoes are Paper Shoes! Shoemaker mobs became ugly...
...strenuous session of defensive drill opened yesterday's workout. A 40 minute dummy scrimmage was next in order, with one important change in the lineup. R. H. O'Connell '29 was promoted to an end berth on Team A, and it seems likely that this change may be permanent. So far this year, he has been tried out at center and guard, but not with much success. O'Connell's stead rise since his shift to the end squad would seem to point to his holding down one of the wing posts during the fall campaign. During the workout, special...
...rather serious casualties were the aftermath of a strenuous scrimmage held yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field. G. C. Holbrook '30 sustained a leg injury which it is feared will keep him out for the season, while J. W. Rotter '30 will probably be kept on the side lines for a month with an injured...