Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third heat to win in 48 8-10 seconds. The Blue flash came to the fore in the last 25 yards and was pushed all the way to the tape by Cooke of Syracuse and Burgess of Georgetown. Miller of Stanford won the second heat and Ascher, veteran Georgetown runner showed the way in the final brush...
Coach Butler, the new and youthful mentor of the Midshipmen, was formerly an assistant of Coach Callow of Washington. Therefore the stroke he teaches is distinetly at variance with the Glendon style. However, he has not made the transfer too sharp for the veteran Navy oarsmen and the long Glendon finish, with the leaning back characteristic of Annapolis crews, is still noticeable...
Only five men on the entire squad have a perfect average in the field. These are Duchin, who played in only one game; Burns, who has accepted 14 chances without a misplay; Cutts and Puffer, pitchers who have toiled in three games each; and Ellison, veteran right fielder, who before his removal to make room for the speedier Burns, registered 15 put-outs in the outer gardens...
...entrain for Princeton to face the Tiger nine in a return engagement tomorrow. Since the debacle of a week ago Coach Mitchell has shaken things up a bit with the hope of gaining increased hitting strength. Lord, star first baseman of the Freshmen a year ago, has displaced the veteran at first. The Sophomore lacks experience, but he is a natural hitter, and about on a par in fielding with his rival. BATTING INCREASES WHILE FIELDING DROPS g. a.b. r. h. 2b. 3b. h.r. s.h. s.b. Ave. p.o. a. e. Ave. Duchin...
Money came in fast. Felix Warburg gave $400,000, Herbert Lehman, Mrs. S. W. Straus, Mortimer Schiff gave $50,000 each; Louis Marshall, William Fox, Benjamin Winter made big contributions, and a disabled veteran sent $28 (government allowance for war wounds). Advertisers, art-goods makers, bag-makers, bankers, butter, egg, and dairy firms; chain stores, crockery companies, cloak and suit houses; the dental, the funeral, the grocery, the hosiery, the laundry, millinery, musical and neckwear trades; opticians, pawnbrokers, petticoat cutters, physicians, rubber-goods makers, rabbis, underwear and umbrella manufacturers - all were appraised for definite amounts, all came near to filling...