Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Roper kept his first lineup intact today and appears sure that this team will face Harvard. A second backfield, composed of Ewing, Bridges, Weekes, and Beares, seems likely to replace the first quartet of Caulkins, Slagle Dignan, and Gilligan. Weekes has been out with an injury but will probably be in shape by Saturday...
Only by a swift and sure forward passing attack, with Slagle doing the tossing, was Princeton able to win in the second half. Completing seven out of nine passes, the Tigers finally triumphed, 20 to 0, but the score does not show how evenly the teams were matched...
...Inquiry which was held. Sampson was too ill to appear. But Schley, who was an aggressive type of man, was on hand, quick of eye and springy of step, hearty and good natured in spite of being a grizzled veteran past 60. He was personally attractive, impulsive, brave and sure of himself. The Court found him guilty of "vacillation, dilatoriness and lack of enterprise," and declared that he had been slow in obeying orders, remiss in securing naval intelligence, had blundered tactically in the battle of Santiago, and had various minor faults. The Court however recommended no action be taken...
...bought one--fine print too. Wish the old boy were more social, might take him around or something. I must pass that hour. They will educate one at all costs. Oh, probably the "Wid" will have something on it. And I think Charlie took it last year. I'm sure he did. He must have some notes. Isn't it not when you inhale surphur?--I guess I'll drop around and pick up a game of bridge. I think I should have taken...
...What's the matter with Harvard football?" Whenever, and wherever an undergraduate meets a graduate, the latter is almost sure to ask this question; and, if the conversation continues very long, he will probably voice his fear that some blighting degeneracy has seized upon the men of Cambridge since his time. With several major defeats stamped in Harvard's football history of the past few years and with a record this season of three victories and two defeats to date, how can the uncomfortable undergraduate calm the suspicions of the disgruntled alumnus...