"Close, but no cigar."

[Stephen Goranson]

Another 1934, with a bell

October 18, 1934
Paper: Times-Picayune, published as The Times-Picayune; Date: 10-18-1934; Page: 14 col. 1; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
[Football incomplete passes]
It was a case of "close--but no cigar" on several heaves, and for that reason the Cadets believe that they will start
ringing the bell on their next appearance.

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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