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Word: scrum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Near the end of the first half, a 65-yard play involving seven passes among the scrum put Paul Reppun in control at the two-yard line. Lee Sheehy then stepped the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Chase Ivy Title | 11/12/1970 | See Source »

...primarily by onetime American college stars who couldn't cut it in their homeland. The British Commonwealth and certain nations associated with its cultural tradition indulge in a footballish sport called rugby, which seems to consist in considerable part of beefy mesomorphs huddling in a heap called a "scrum" and jostling each other for possession of the ball. Throughout most of the non-American world, football means soccer. It is finally beginning to catch on in the U.S., which may be a good thing, but to unsensitive unenthusiasts it is still a low-scoring charade involving men in short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: MYSTIQUE OF PRO FOOTBALL | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

...Scrum half Gary Latz credited the victory to the forwards, who "won 80 to 90 per cent of the scrums for us, and really dominated the whole game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Outlast B.C. 8-3; Squad to Host Two Cornell Units | 10/13/1970 | See Source »

Sandomirsky is set to start at fly half today, and co-captain Phil Ordway joins him in the backfield along with halfbacks Hayes and Hal Clark, wings Zuckerman and sophomore Ed Banner, and scrum half Gary Latz, another sophomore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Its First Match This Fall Rugby Club Faces Rutgers | 10/3/1970 | See Source »

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