Word: legging
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defenses must be improved. But a gentleman who arrived from France last week proposed a plan which would take out by the root many difficulties of Canal defense. Lieutenant Colonel Phillippe Bunau-Varilla, engineer, editor, diplomat soldier of fortune, veteran of the World War, in which he lost a leg, and coworker of Ferdinand de Lesseps who almost built the Panama Canal French private companies, has come back to his first love. He wants to substitute a billion-dollar, sea-level strait, 1,000 feet wide at the bottom for the present lock canal built by the U. S. Government...
...extra ten minute period was agreed upon to play off the tie. Just one minute and 42 seconds after the referee's whistle announced the start, Chisbolm swept down the rink and took a shot at the goal from the left at the quarter mark. Newell raised his leg to kick the puck out of the way but missed, the rubber flying between his knees into the cage...
Coach Wachter hopes that Captain Gordon will be fit to enter the fray, but his injured leg continues to bother him. If he is not in condition to start, Merriam will again be used in his place...
Coach Wachter's men will line up with Merriam in the place of Captain Gordon. The latter injured his leg in the Columbia fray Monday, and he will not be used tonight unless it is necessary. It will be interesting to see how the Harvard attack functions without Gordon, whose all-around brilliance has made him the mainspring of the Crimson offense. With their versatile leader on the bench, the other University players, who have been systematically feeding him all season, will be forced to rely more upon their own shooting ability. An offense built around a single star...
From the point of view of a contest, the mile relay, with each man running three laps, developed the most interest. Not until the third leg was the Tech runner left behind, Robb gaining a 30 yard lead, which Captain Merrill, in the anchor position, stretched to 45. The University medley team, made up of easily the most brilliant combination, made fast time, but met little opposition...