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...Captain O'Hearn, to see its former Paladin perform. Unfortunately, the paths of glory lead but to graduation. But there are, around Harvard, still a few men who can play hockey-- to use a boastful expression--and perhaps Captain O'Hearn can be consoled. No one wants to smash Yale's dreams of empire, of course--as Mr. Heywood Broun philosophized, "Some of my best friends are Yale men"--but on the other hand, no one wants to disappoint the Bulldogs after bringing them all the way from New Haven. This delicate question, however, can be safely left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURPLE GORE | 2/9/1924 | See Source »

...tell Wills, that he'd better not try that trick on me. That style of fighting is my dish. When he puts that left around my neck to pull me in, I'll slip right around his back and do some pulling myself. Then watch me smash my left into the stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dempsey Talk | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...Exchange, and the mushroom imitations of it which crooks are so frequently ready to establish during a cotton boom. Officers of both the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges are cooperating with the authorities to close up these cotton bucketeers, and evidently with success. Yet when the inevitable smash comes, no doubt the legitimate cotton exchanges will be blamed by many victimized but inexperienced bucket shop customers for their losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cotton Speculation | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

Cottle gained two more yards on a line smash. With fourth down and two yards to go, Stevens punted; Spaulding fumbled but the ball was recovered by Harvard on the 25 yard line. Hammond then gained three yards through the line. A pass from Spaulding to Gordon was broken up on the next play. Hammond then punted to Yale's 35 yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE 13, HARVARD 0 | 11/24/1923 | See Source »

...closed. The United States was not wanted. What could the United States do? What could any self-respecting nation have done? The United States went home. . . . We are willing to 'come in,' as the saying is, as soon as we are asked, but surely we cannot be expected to smash in the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPARATIONS: The U. S. Takes a Hand | 11/5/1923 | See Source »

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