Word: stride
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scrimmages this week Coach Wachter has been stressing team-work and passing, to bring the five back into full stride. Captin Gordon has shown much improvement, especially in the perfection of his fake pass...
...hardest-fought match of the afternoon was the third singles in which Kleberg of the University defeated Graves, 12-10, 6-2. In the first set Kleberg's work was slightly wild, and the contest lasted many games before he finally struck his stride. C. W. Farnham was the most effective man on the Crimson team, his steadiness overcoming Hoh with ease in the first singles and featuring the first doubles match...
...yard low hurdle race will undoubtedly be one of the best of the afternoon. Hulman has done some good work in this event as well as in the tall timbers, but Fitts is expected to prove his superior. Fitts is big and fast, with a long stride, and excellent form. He comes will a rush at the end, and this, added to his other qualifications should enable him to finish ahead of the Ell, and swell the Crimson total by five points. Hulman should be close on his heels. With Whitney, Hauers, and Thayer contesting the Elis right to second...
...make this his sole adventure in this field of fiction. Frankly it is not, nor does it pretend to be, an inspiring book. You do not turn the last page with a fierce concentration, nor, having finished, filing the volume across the room with a tensely muttered "God!" and stride out to lift the Universe. "But on the other hand, you can not easily put it down until you have brought the tumultuous evening to a peaceful close...
...Stride wants a man, starting near the end of June, to serve as engineer on the chuck-boat with which he cruises during the greater part of the whole summer, along the 70 miles of New-foundland coast that comprise his district. During the cruising there will be a good deal of opportunity for fishing and shooting...