Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...passes by reason of poor base running and failure to hit in the crucial moment. Twice players were caught off base by the pitcher. Peirson, who, with Gammack formed the University battery, held Portland to four safeties and might have scored a shut-out except for poor support. Wolverton, who replaced Captain Gross at shortstop, played an excellent game in the infield, accepting six chances without error. A double play, Hallo-well to Bright to Johnson, was a feature of the day's play. Dickson at second base made a very pretty catch of Burn's fly in right field...
...such a time as this it behooves every one of us to find the way to some active support of our cause. This war has come to mean force until life seems a hell on earth and all human relations appear unbearable. To consider its all embracing terror is to shudder. To find one's proper place in its cauldron of sacrifice and suffering is to find life and death worth experiencing. The whole world is a flaming building which we must extinguish. It calls, as nothing in history has called, for the aid of every available person who believes...
...turned out which are entirely worthy of ranking with the teams of prewar days. The enthusiasm of the players and the untiring efforts of the coaches deserve the backing of every undergraduate. Today's game gives the first opportunity; a well-filled grandstand this afternoon will prove that this support is complete...
...England is still able to support such a tremendous expenditure, this country should find no difficulty to fulfilling its obligations towards this and succeeding Liberty Loans, and towards any added taxation that may be imposed. The first years of the war, which were for England times of economic difficulties, were for the United States times of unprecedented prosperity...
...This means support by subscribing heavily to the Liberty Loans, and by adopting an attitude of confidence in its Army in France, which that Army so richly deserves...