Word: turfed
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...mobs wreaked their vengeance on the oases of the hated Brit ish wherever they found them. Virtually every bar that catered to Westerners was wrecked. Three British-and American-owned movie theaters were set afire. Barclays Bank and several British-run clothing stores went up in flames. The sacrosanct Turf Club was invaded, its furnishings smashed, its building set afire, its precious liquor spilled. Even famed Shepheard's Hotel was swept up in the holocaust...
...games in the Stadium this year, with the Crimson slightly favored. Not only do both teams sport identical two-and-five records, but both gained one stirring upset victory, and each has beaten a "breather" opponent. An additional leveling factor is the recent rain, which has left the Stadium turf soggy and slow...
...second period and twice in the third, each time in a pile-up after the whistle had blown. Clasby, outstanding performer for the Crimson, was also well worked over by Dartmouth two weeks earlier--once slugged flagrantly and illegally, but several other times simply ground into the turf after a legal tackle...
...Bright. His arm came up and his right forearm crashed against Bright's jaw, a blow that knocked Bright dizzy and stopped play for more than two minutes. Eight plays later, with Bright carrying the ball this time, Smith piled in again. Bright picked himself up off the turf, rubbing his jaw. On the next play, Bright circled right end for four yards, banged into Tackle Smith a third time, and was led from the field with a fractured...
...result the game bore little relation to orthodox soccer. Neither team could move the ball quickly, and the play tended to stick in the zone it was in because nobody could kick it out. The ball had to be dribbled up the field, and never bounced off the spongy turf at all but sank in, instead. Whenever the ball hit a puddle it would stop, though the player could not. He would overrun it and lose control with a resulting scramble in the puddle...