Word: touchdowns
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...White team scored first, about three minutes from the end of the second quarter. After taking the ball on about their 42-yard-line, where a Red kick went out of bounds, the Whites unleashed a determined ground attack which culminated in a two yard touchdown plunge by freshman Jerry Blitz. All the key yardage in this drive was made by Blitz, a 188-pound fullback, in sprints around left end, and by '53 wingback John Ederer in strong side plunges...
Toward the Touchdown. George can be used with GCA too. In one such system designed by Gilfillan Bros., Inc., a radar picks up the approaching airplane and automatically sends out coded orders to put it on the desired glide path. George translates the orders into the proper movements of the airplane's wheel and throttle, and steers the plane down toward the field. The system can keep track of six incoming airplanes simultaneously. If one of them has no automatic equipment, it can be talked down by voice...
Additional equipment will allow George to make the actual touchdown. One gadget, for use with ILS, is a sensitive altimeter that tells George when the airplane is close to the ground. Then George flattens the approach angle so that the touchdown will be gentle. With the GCA system, a special short-range radar does much the same thing, guiding the plane with extra precision just before it hits the runway...
Sensible Observation. This week, when the two quarterbacks squared off before an S.R.O. crowd of 24,218, the flea bit the bear and put him on the run. LeBaron sent Halfback Bruce Orvis plunging over for the first touchdown and a mighty roar shook the bowl. Then the game degenerated into a huffing & puffing contest between ill-conditioned athletes...
...talents were not restricted to kicking alone, however. Against Yale in 1912, be scored a touchdown, intercepted a Yale pass and returned it 42 yards, and kicked two field goals. His work as a blocking back led to the following comment in the official record book of Harvard athletics...