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...Mac" regards soccer as a science and treats it as a scientist would his speciality. He is a coach who has played his sport and who knows it from every angle. The first thing that "Mac" demands from his students is a comprehensive knowledge of the game's fundamentals. This year he has inaugurated a system of recording the detailed play of each man. By keeping charts of every mistake and every good move of each player he is not only able to select the best men for each position with perfect confidence in his choice, but he can show...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

...schooled, don't use the old folks' "regelleh." They say "regella." Their mistakes belong not to Yiddish, but to The Bronx: omitted consonants ("lease" for least, "oney" for only, "finey" for finally, "subjeck" for subject); misconceptions ("grain matter" for grey matter) ; transpositions ("dastric" for drastic); mixed metaphors ("Mac Fine, honestly, if there's any figgers arounn, your nose is bound to be knee-deep in them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Weeds of Speech | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

Houghton's election was not too startling to most observers, since he has proven himself the most improved runner on the squad. His victory over Yale's highly acclaimed Mac Main was one of the upsets which led to a Harvard triumph. His 4:29.6 for the race was his best time to date, but estimates show that if he had not had to buck the wind up the back stretch, the clocking would have been about six seconds lower...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUGHTON IS ELECTED 1942 TRACK LEADER | 5/28/1941 | See Source »

...expected, but the performance which proved the most spectacular upset and pleased the Crimson above all dope sheet predictions for the first time during the afternoon was Bob Houghton's triumphant 4:29.6 mile run. Bucking the wind on the back stretch, Houghton finally nosed out Yale's favored Mac Main by a foot, with Bob Young running another length behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Beat Eli, in Last Meet; Smash Three Harvard Records | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...Clyde, Mac, and Herb Jones, known to this year's Freshman Smoker audience as the Jones Brothers, will play in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room at 8:30 o'clock this evening for Crimson Network listeners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colored Swingsters Jive With Harvard Cat on Air | 5/13/1941 | See Source »

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