Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Wendell Willkie flew from Hobe Sound, Fla. for a Manhattan conference, attended the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, where he delivered the principal off-the-record address to an enthusiastic audience, returned to Manhattan to say his say to the ex-Willkie Club members: "I have a tremendous interest in principles and in that endeavor I hope to carry on. ... One of the difficulties in American public life has been its failure to call its ablest and best men in public service. ... I hope that as a result of the Willkie Club movement you will develop men and women...
...right wing, compose Hodder's first forward line. The second is at present composed of Caleb Loring, Gordie McGrath, and Bill Claflin, George Dreher, Dick Noone, and Demi Lloyd, will probably combine to form the third. Burgie Ayres, who has not had much practice because of his gridiron activities, may change those lineups later on, as Hodder is planning to use him to center one of the forward walls, but at present he needs conditioning...
Dave Egan of the Boston, Record: "Amateur is amateur, and never the twain shall meet. Intellectual dishonesty met on the gridiron and the result was a whopping victory for Harvard, Bill (Bleeding Heart) Bingham, and Master Tom Stephenson...
Paeans were showered upon Harvard this afternoon by Eastern Sports scribes as a result of its impressive gridiron display against Yale. Some of the comments were as follows...
...demonstration of high voltage football. Yale's defense was stubborn to the point of embarrassing, but the Elis couldn't keep the wires crossed forever. The Blue forwards tried to charge into the Crimson with the same gusto which upset the co-ordination and continuity of Carl Snavely's gridiron chef d'oeuvre, but they were met by an even more determined Harvard forward wall...