Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...team in receiving a free ride across the country forget a few very important, and unpleasant details connected with the trip. All members of the team had to resume training shortly after they had broken it--an extremely hard thing to do cheerfully. They practiced on frozen ground in the Stadium when the mercury was not far above zero. They gave up a vacation to spend nearly a week on the train, practice for a few days, and play desperate football against a team which had never broken training and which had had a far better chance to become acclimated...