Word: rough
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Louis because Folk could not get his reforms through. I found that the supreme court of Missouri was as corrupt as the board of aldermen in St. Louis. If the city is corrupt the states are corrupt. Bribery soon ceases on the scale up. Bribery is only the first rough means by which a government, that is supposed to represent the whole people, is made to represent part of the people. Most of our corruption is honest. Our young men are brought up to believe that the upper class should rule. Folk found that the state was as corrupt...
...game as a whole was hard fought throughout, and both teams played clean but rough football. Contrary to expectation, very little new football was displayed, Yale not once attempting a forward pass or an onside kick, while Harvard with two exceptions was unsuccessful with the open play. For Harvard Wendell showed up far ahead of any of his team-mates. In addition to being the most consistent ground-gainer and the hardest man on the field to stop, he was ever alert on the defence and backed up the line in faultless fashion. Except for his fumbling Corbett played...
...second University football team was defeated yesterday afternoon by the St. Alphonsus A. A., by the score of 5 to 0. The game was close, but was marred by rough play and many penalties. Lingard, Page and French played well for the second team, while Murphy and Cameron excelled for St. Alphonsus...
...finish, which was poor, as the men cut short the swing and did not get their blades out clean, and were slow on the first part of the recovery. Yesterday the crew showed much improvement in this respect, but still the work was not consistent, especially in rough water. From now on racing starts will be tried daily, and the work throughout will be quickened up to a two-mile race pace...
During the race the Freshman eight displayed better form and rowed a higher stroke, while Middlesex used a long stroke and was a bit ragged, probably because they were not accustomed to rowing on such rough water...