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Word: straight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Seniors won the interclass tennis championship from the Freshmen Saturday morning, when G.P. Gardner, Jr., '10 defeated A.H. Tomes '13 in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. In the first set Gardner was erratic and wild, but his playing in the second set showed improvement. This match, added to the four victories of the Seniors on Friday, made the necessary best five out of nine. The score in matches stands 5 to 4, the third match in doubles, F.R. Kirkland '10 and P.T. Large, Jr., '10 vs. S. Minot 13 and J. Munro '13, not being played, since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1910 Interclass Tennis Champion | 11/8/1909 | See Source »

...Aided by a fumbled punt and a pretty forward pass to Crowley, the second team was able to score on the first, a feat which has been accomplished only once before this season. However, the first team came back very hard and scored four times on the second, plunging straight through the line on the old fashioned plays. The second team used Cornell formations almost entirely, and these plays are being used to prepare the team for the game on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND SCORED TOUCHDOWN | 11/5/1909 | See Source »

...first team used straight football for almost all of its gains, Minot gaining constantly through the centre of the line. Both Galatti and Wigglesworth were used at quarterback and each ran the team well. Galatti played during the first part of the scrimmage but Wigglesworth went in after Minot and Leslie had scored. During the latter part of the game Minot scored twice more, the second team weakening under the steady rushes of the first team backs. Long played in the scrimmage for the first time since his injury in the Brown game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARD PRACTICE YESTERDAY | 11/3/1909 | See Source »

...recovering two fumbled punts, forced the first team almost to its own goal-line, where the first team took the ball on downs after a stubborn defence. The substitutes were sent in at this point and they were able to score but once. This last touchdown was made on straight football, the second team making a strong stand, for two plays, on its 5-yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LONG SECRET SCRIMMAGE | 10/28/1909 | See Source »

...first division will be started promptly at 3.30, and any crew not at its buoy by that time will be considered out of the race. There will be two days of bumping races, after which the four best crews will be picked for a one and one-half mile straight-away race in "the basin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DORMITORY ROWING AT 3.30 | 10/27/1909 | See Source »

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