Word: downs
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Despite the display of manpower and hard football the game was marred by a neglect of that more subtle force, brain power. Each team made one outstanding error. In the first period Booth got his team rolling rather nicely, and the ball was advanced on straight rushing from somewhere around...
...latter was getting within hailing distance of the last white stripe. But towards the middle of the last period, another drive got under way and it looked pretty bad for Mr. Yale. Right down to the seven yard line went Morton and his pals and then they stopped. Three downs netted two yards. McCall appeared on the scene with the ball directly in front of the goal posts, and, apparently with directions from the bench, ordered a fancy triple pass which never had a chance. A field goal would have been little harder to kick than is the point after...
The plot, from the pen of William Anthony McGuire, will probably not go down in history as one of the great dramatic sages of the age, but then audiences have long since stopped worrying about the trials of despondent suitors, knowing that in the end true love will triumph, and...
The peak of the tercentenary celebration of the settlement of Boston was marked by the annual meeting of the American Legion. Doubtless the founders, could, they have looked down on their city during that week, would have felt honored. The Legion has not been distinguished for the decorum and sobriety...
Only reluctantly, and under the taunt of inconsistency from Anhenser Busch, did they press for the cessation of the sale of liquor on vessels under the American flag. The New Republic has frequently suggested to the chief upholder of the nobles experiment that he get down to business by stopping...