Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...brilliant assembly of colleges and universities that Harvard joins when it plays its first game; the road to the top, however rough, is worth every effort. From a modest beginning, from the hard work of overcoming all inertia, the University looks forward to the possibilities of the future. Tonight the campaign for success opens in earnest when Harvard takes a definite place in the basketball world...
Harvard men are unable to appreciate the position that basketball holds in most colleges. Perhaps the best evidence of the rough road ahead of the Crimson five is the fact that at Yale and Princeton the court game has for years led hockey as the most popular minor sport. That means hard work for Harvard. If the University stands back of Coach Wachter with anything like major sport enthusiasm it can trust him to build up from the bottom a team and a tradition that shall live up to the example set by the football men last Saturday...
...Coach Jones has had a week to smooth out any rough spots in the play...
...that event the Freshmen will be sorely crippled and weakened nearly by half their offensive power. J. G. Donovan, bulky guard, took a light workout on account, of a bad leg, while Captain D. S. Holder was plainly not up to the mark and was kept out of the rough work. Any or all of these men may start Saturday, but Ryan and Trainer Caples were extremely doubtful. Grew and C. Hubbard seem permanently shelved by injury. And Ryan lost his best line-plunging back in mid-October, when Carnegie broke his ankle...
...spokesmen is, "We make no promises, no declaration of intentions. If you believe in us simply elect us on faith." This disregard for all issues, this demand for blind obedience is hostile to the fundamental principle of party government which demands that each party shall present some rough outline of policy, some minimum of political ideas. (2) There is no leadership in the Republican Party today. The candi- date has himself stated that he intends to be led rather than to lead. Who will lead him? Will it be the 31 pro-leaguers? Will it be Messrs. Borah, Johnson...