Word: localitis
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...first time a big college football team has ever played on a local field. The game was witnessed by 6,000 enthusiasts. It was a valuable experience for both teams. Holy Cross showed strong and was heartily complimented by the reserve Tigers who were on the field in numbers enough to form three elevens...
Eddie Driggs especially showed up and punting was a powerful factor. Moore and Brown, his backfield mates, exhibited bursts of speed which time after time caught the local collegians off guard and brought about appreciable gains for the Tigers. The early training done by Princeton this season was proved a big benefit, as the players went through the game without showing any ill effects and played at high speed throughout...
...Baltimore, Md., Pinehurst, N. C., Charleston, S. C., Columbia, S. C., with Jacksonville, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn., as possibilities. Each concert is to be followed by a dance, and in almost every city visited the clubs will be entertained at the dances, dinners or smokers by the local Harvard Alumni, and, whenever possible, taken on sight-seeing trips through the surrounding country...
...local situation is as follows: There have been eighteen cases reported to the Board of Health in Cambridge, with a population of over 100,000 since January 1, 1916. Some of the reported cases have been extremely doubtful. The oldest case and also the most doubtful case was eleven years old. The other cases were under six. None of the cases were associated with the University. Boston, in spite of reports to the contrary, has not had a disproportionate number of cases. Its population is about one-fifth that of the state. The medical facilities in Boston and Cambridge make...
...ships then returned to the ports of departure, where local defensive practice was held with torpedo boats and "mosquito" fleets of launches...