Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Robert G. Albion graduated from Bowdoin in 1918, he had to choose between the newspaper business or a stretch at graduate work in history. "I took a look at the old boys in the city room, compared 'em with the professors mellowing at Bowdoin, and off I went to Harvard...
...tackle. Coyne and Sedgwick were filling in for Howis Houston, still stiff and kept out of action, and John Coan, not yet fully recovered from his Cornell bruises. Wilson, a converted end, replaced Chief bender, who ran with the second offensive line and maybe used mainly on defense Saturday. Stretch mazzone alternated with Fred Harvey at right end and will probably be sound enough to face the Indians...
...nicely at his specialty-breaking into houses. His score: 800 jobs, no arrests. But he had been caught four times for breaking into stores, had spent 15 years in prison. Life behind walls was intolerable to him and he grew morose and hopeless in "stir." Nevertheless during his last stretch, 34 months at the Iowa State Penitentiary, he forced himself to plan a better life for the future...
Charley Roche, Jim Noonan, Carl Bottenfield, John White, Bill Healey, Stretch Mazzone, Howie Houston, Will Davis, Sam Butler, Art Connelly, Phil Isenberg, Bob DiBlaslo, and Don Kaplan were all injured in yesterday's game. The extent of these injuries is not yet known, but all were forced to leave the game at the time...
...only consequence of the next set of downs was a great leaping catch of a Noonan pass by Stretch Mazzone, who was injured on the play and removed for the afternoon. Noonan then fumbled for the second time on his 27. Three plays--a run by Jack Martin, a pass from Bob Blaik to Vic Pollock, and a seven-yard plunge by Pollock--made the score 27 to 0. Mackmull converted...