Word: punching
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Even such professional cynics as newsmen knew that no mere love of office or appetite for acclaim could drive a man to the punishment Willkie was taking daily -not the boos, but the grinding strain of the campaign. "A punch-drunk prophet," said one newshawk...
...dummy scrimmage, he alternately called plays and held one of the bags to ascertain whether or not his linesmen were charging with enough punch. When hit viciously by two blockers and bowled over into the dirt on one play, he picked himself up, evidently well satisfied on that score...
...forward line, which has showed little scoring punch in practice thus for will include two sophomores, Buzz Sawhill at the center spot and Monroe Herskovitz at left outside. Anson McCook, another second year man, will alternate with letterman, Mort Myerson, at left-half...
WinnersLosers Score Comment Harvard Amherst 27-0 Amherst lacks punch Boston U. Upsula 27-7 Terriers too tough Duke Tennesota 10-7 Hattle of lines Minnesota Nebraska 13-7 A corking bout Princeton Vanderbilt 20-7 Vanday is weak Middlebury Tufts 13-7 Not twice in a row Brown Rhode Island 20-0 Bruin gathers momentum L. S. C. Holy Cross 20-14 Pass them dizzy Indians Texas 20-13 Hail to Cream and Crimson Missouri Pitt 14-13 Reserves will tell U. S. C. Oregon State 13-0 Trojans will leave horse Clemson North Car. State 20-7 Tigers...
Harvard scouts returned from a weekend trip to Amherst with glowing tales of the punch which the Lord Jeffs pack this fall. Messrs. Feller, Clark, and Stahl describe a rugged Amherst line in front of Bob Blood, admittedly a better running back at the present time than any Harvard gridder...