Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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This fall, more noticeably than ever before, has the interest of the nation been turned to the struggle between colleges on the football field. One reason, perhaps, is that football has been able in many cases to neutralize the dismay caused by the baseball scandal.
But this increased popularity of the game is not without its drawbacks. Professional promoters, too, have been impressed by the crowds which the college games call out. Plans to organize professional teams are becoming more and more frequently broached.
The professionalization of the game would indubliably mean the ruin of what is now the most glorious sport of our country. It cannot be too strongly guarded against and effectively discouraged.
Fall rowing has been a success. The excellent weather has been an important factor as the river has been comparatively smooth at all times; the temperature moderate; and rains infrequent. Although it is difficult to determine in the autumn the quantity and quality of the material available in the spring...
At the beginning of the season the University squad was made up of four crews, picked from the best material of upperclassmen. The first three went out on the river at once. For the class crews, enough men reported to give the Seniors one boat, the Juniors two, and the...