Word: tryouts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...number of candidates at last night's initial trials in Harvard 6 was the largest in recent years, according to Professor F. C. Packard '20 and E. M. Rowe '27, the coaches. Eighteen men were retained as a result of the speeches delivered last night. The next tryout has been announced for Thursday night at 7 o'clock in Payne Music Building...
...sure to blow up in the end. Tell the second baseman to play around, like Ullman doesn't, and the pitcher to keep out of the hole, like ours don't, play for the run, and you'll win. Anybody batting over a thousand gets a tryout with the Braves...
...next season. Last week Mrs. Charlotte Grief (daughter of Mme. Schumann-Heink), who lives in Leipzig, sailed for Europe. Mme. Schumann-Heink went to see her off, encountered a group of reporters, took the opportunity to announce that she had signed the contract. "What I did was only a tryout. They wanted to see if I could sing any more and I believe they found I could. Honest to God, I'm happy...
Work in the Hemenway Gymnasium wrestling rooms ended temporarily Thursday afternoon with all the tryout matches completed and a team of seven men chosen for the hard contest with Princeton, which is to take place this evening at Nassau. The team took a 3 o'clock train south yesterday afternoon and will arrive at Princeton with plenty of time to work out on the Orange mat in preparation for this evening's meet...
These Charming People. Michael Arlen's second play burst upon Broadway with a vast fanfare of enthusiasm. It was reported a great success in tryout; it employed a brilliant cast. Accordingly when it turned out to be a tawdry, dull and not particularly intelligent adventure, bitterness rose in the spectators' breasts...