Word: plugging
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...squirming free from the Black-jerseyed backfield, dashed 30 yards, crossing the goal line. The second and final touchdown was made by Kunhardt, who had been substituted at center. The first team was lined up under the scrubs' goal posts when one of the backs who was trying to plug a hole through the second team's line, fumbled. The pile of players was pulled apart, the ball was found to be over the line and in the hands of Kunhardt...
Maine gave the University little trouble in stopping its plays. Not once, strange to say, reverting to forward passes or open plays of any variety, the Pine Tree Staters seemed content to plug away at a stone-wall line or to essay futile swings around the end that usually were broken up before they reached the line of scrimmage. Only once was anything other than a straight play tried; and this criss-cross play was unmercifully smothered for a five-yard loss. Courtney was the lone star of the Maine offense, his clever dash up the sidelines just before...
This is a fine chance for fellows who do not want to plug through several years of Military Science courses. The practical essentials of Field Artillery are offered, with the associations and activities of a Boston battery whose history goes back beyond the Civil...
...then drawn into the manifold thus raising the temperature of the gas to a high degree. The gasoline is drawn into the Fuelizer chamber by a small pipe leading from below the butterfly valve, is circulated at high velocity in the chamber by the explosion caused by the spark plug in the chamber, and then goes through a small opening into the manifold where the usual wet and cold mixture from the carburetor is converted into superheated gas which explodes entirely upon ignition...
...backs and ends. If we make good we win glory and distinction. The men whose duty it is to remain behind in college and in civil occupation of other kinds are the centre of the line. Theirs is the hard job. They plug along at dull work and if they make good, they receive no glory. But they receive what is infinitely more worthwhile, namely the inward satisfaction of having done the harder job; of having done it well without the inspiration or rewards...