Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fortnight ago, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes watched with bright red face while Gridiron Club members portrayed him as Donald Duck, the frenzied squawker. Last week, "Honest Harold"* engaged General Hugh Johnson in debate in Newark, said: "We are both contesting for the post of Donald Duck of Public Affairs...
...induce the airlines to move their terminus from Newark's busy airport, New York City offered a 558-acre airdrome, of which 357 acres were moved from nearby Riker's Island; six huge hangars, each large enough to house a football gridiron with room for bleachers, six restaurants, one with cocktail lounge and nightclub; offices for rent by the day to busy executives (the most expensive, $75 a day); a sound-proofed engine test building; the finest seaplane terminal in the world where trans-Atlantic planes can dock in the roughest weather. Clear of approach obstructions to jangle...
...backfield performers and four of the linemen are Seniors; the other four first team choices are Juniors. Nick Drahos and Walt Matuszezak of Cornell, both Juniors, were outstanding in their respective positions, but elsewhere there was keen competition in a year which saw the Ivy League produce some real gridiron talent...
...Baker's running mate Bill Hutchinson of Dartmouth steps to the fore. Without a peer as a gridiron opportunist this fleet Indian back was a scoring threat every second he was playing against all opposition this fall. John McLaughry of Brown, as brutal a bucker as Ivy League football has over seen had an off-year but still gets the call over Rainwater, Chismadia, or Seymour
...gridiron squad has already hung up its moleskins for good, and its last act will be to elect the 1940 leader. This afternoon at 3 o'clock 22 lettermen meet in Dillon Field House and cast their ballots to find a successor to ill-fated Torbie Macdonald...