Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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DesRoches, veteran custodian of the hot corner, has been worrying opposition pitchers by his average of .327, a mark which might well have been higher had not a spring trip injury temporarily affected his batting eye. The other regulars above .300 are Wood, .317 and Sheldon...
...crowd shrieked, jostled, fired revolvers, he covered only 4 ft. 8 in. in his three jumps. A pampered creature called Zenobia, imported from Kinston, N. C. in a tub of native water, raised cheers by doing 8 ft. 6 in. Then Angels Camp went wild as the bright green veteran Budweiser thrust thrice with his long green legs, shot down the course 11 ft. 5 in., was declared winner...
...left Washington Allied representatives began to pester him for U. S. troops to fill their ragged ranks. One long tiresome tussle ensued for the next 18 months as the A. E. F. commander resisted this continuous Allied demand. Before he ever fought the Germans, General Pershing was a veteran toughened by this form of combat against the British and French commanders and politicians...
Harvard's baseball hopes for the remainder of the year were given a severe jolt yesterday when it was learned that C. L. Devens '32, veteran pitcher, was declared ineligible on account of scholastic difficulties Devens, although he had a poor start this season was the mainstay of Coach Mitchell's staff last year...
...this removal of Saltonstall from the first boat has occurred once before, and since the current opinion is that the stern combination of the first eight should be left intact, it is probable that the veteran of last year's Freshman crew will be seen again in his customary place behind Cassedy. The shakeup, however, leads to a suspicion that Whiteside was not too pleased with the showing of the first eight in the triple regatta last Saturday, and will endeavor to smooth out the Crimson craft before it enters the waters against a dangerous Navy eight...