Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fourth side of St. Mark's brick-and-timber quadrangle. A tennis ball is thrown across one of the iron tie-rods in the cloister roof, the object being to strike the succeeding tie-rod, catch the ball on the rebound. Historic are St. Marksmen who make a perfect score of 15 hits in 15 throws. Founded mainly with Joseph Burnett's money (vanilla, Deerfoot Farms), St. Mark's in the words of the school prayer, has had "rich gifts bestowed upon it, and its courts thronged with youth." Deer-foot Farms are located in Southborough...
...hard schedule. They are Notre Dame, Purdue, and Pittsburgh, two Indiana institutions and one from western Pennsylvania. The consistent power which has characterized the play of all three teams throughout the fall has placed them in a football aristocracy all their own. Other elevens have had near-perfect records and some have won all their contests, but none has been so convincing in victory, so steadily capable as this trio, the "Big Three" of 1929 football. To mention the names of a few of the players who have born the standards of these teams to victory sounds like reading...
That Vincent O'Neill (see above), according to the boy's father, was never stone-blind. Said his father: "He has a no-growth cataract over one eye. The other eye has perfect vision...
Golden Gleam, with Capt. Stuart Blake up, lost the Military Team Trophy for the Canadians by committing 20½ faults after the rest of the team had made a perfect score. The Polish team, with 2½ faults, won the cup while hundreds of Manhattan's Polish citizenry outyelled their disgruntled Italian and Canadian neighbors in the gallery...
...creditably. Richards, at center, Myerson, at guard, and Ogden, end, turned in high grade defensive performances. Of the regulars, Devens gave a fine exhibition of all around play. His running was hard and sure, while his defensive work, especially in hurling back incipient crusades around end, was well-nigh perfect. The slippery and elusive running of Mays and Putnam brought down the praises of Cleo O'Donnell, Holy Cross coach...