Word: balled
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...confessed that they accepted bribes to "throw" games in the world's series last year. These men and six others who were members of the club at the time have been indicted. But it is to be remembered that no suspicion attaches to the great majority of the league ball players. The men involved in the present scandal are a handful in the baseball army. The misdeeds to which two of them have confessed, and with which the others are charged, may be regarded as exceptions to the general rule...
...Fisher's red-jerseyed men scored four touchdowns on Jimmy Knox's proteges in a long scrimmage yesterday afternoon. The scrubs sent over a lone touchdown on a forward pass late in the practice after most of the regulars had been replaced, and the seconds had been given the ball within 10 yards of the University goal line...
Starting with the ball on their own 25-yard line, an exchange of kicks, a run back of a punt by Johnson, and a dash by Chapin brought the University within scoring distance. A series of line bucks, followed by a forward pass to Chapin gave the first eleven their first touchdown. The second score came soon after, the result of a blocked kick covered by Woods, and an off-tackle dash by Churchill...
...Coach Fisher sent Team A to the showers and gave the ball to the subs on their 30-yard line. After an exchange of kicks with the scrubs, through which Team B gained 10 yards. Fitts, starting from kick formation, broke loose for a 30-yard run, evading many black-jerseyed tacklers by his clever pivoting. Line-bucks by Churchill and Owen carried the ball to the 15-yard line, where Churchill tore through tackle for a touchdown...
Coach Fisher kept the subs on the offensive, giving them the ball on their own 20-yard line. A long punt by Fitts carried the ball into the second eleven's territory, where a punt was blocked by Hubbard and dropped on by Holmes, putting Team B within scoring distance. An intercepted forward pass, followed by a punt, put the seconds out of danger...