Word: wilt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dropkick was a fluke, but I watched Booth thereafter for signs of a let-down. He did not wilt a bit. He was lame, and probably disappointed some of the crowd, but to me he is still a marvel."--Jackson Cannell, Dartmouth head coach...
Some 60,000 packed the Stadium Saturday afternoon and watched Harvard battle the Indians on even terms during the first half, succumb to the wizardry of Masters running in the third period and then wilt miserably under the final onslaughts of the Hanover forces. In the first quarter Marsters' work brought the ball from his team's 37-yard stripe, where he received a punt, to the 4-yard line, whence Sutton went over for the score. The Crimson reversed the order of things in the second period. B. Ticknor, after catching a Green dropkick, advanced to Harvard...
...three-yard gains the success of which often spells victory or defeat. Harvard's opponents are mostly of the big-college-powerfully-built type who plan to have their open attacks carefully checked by driving line offensives in critical moments. To have a pair of weak guards who will wilt under heavy battering is to be under a handicap so grievous that it may be termed almost fatal...
...thee, therefore, Olaf, in the presence of God and this Christian assembly, wilt thou have Martha here present to be thy wedded wife...
...Harris, youthful impresario, rides to glory. Recently a reporter on the theatrical weekly, Variety, he took to producing comedies with scant success, turned later to melodrama, offered Broadway, now lolls in plush. His second venture this season, Spread Eagle, another melodrama, cannot fail to make the audience wilt with excitement, the box office swell with receipts...