Word: akin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...akin to pain...
With less than six minutes remaining in the contest, spectators were beginning to fear that the Crimson would be held to its second straight scoreless tie. But at 16:32 Crimson inside Fred Akuffo took a pass in the right corner from wing. Akin Adewole and lofted a perfect centering kick over the hands of the Cornell goalie, off the left goal post, and into...
Midway in the first period Crimson halfback Bill Kerstetter passed to Akin Adewole on the right side. Lack came out of the goal to pounce on the ball, but he came too slowly. Adewole drilled an easy shot past him into the untended net, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead...
...second half, however, the Harvard eleven employed some brilliant, pinpoint passing to score its three goals. At 11:55 of the third period Chiappa blasted a pass from Fred Akuffo into the net. The Crimson's second tally at 15:13 was an aesthetic delight. Akin Adewole, at outside right about 40 feet from the goal, spotted Sam Thompson alone on the left side, and kicked a high shot toward him. Thompson headed the ball right at the feet of Chiappi, who scorched a short one past the bewildered Tufts goaltender...
Though the red-checked tablecloths and steins of beer might as easily be found in Heidelberg or Hanover, the audiences are more akin to Hackensack. Some, of course, are college kids, but a surprising number are middle-aged couples, flushed of face and strong of voice, swinging down memory lane, with a stop now and then for a swig and some peanuts. The band is properly twangy, the repertory-On, Wisconsin!, "Hold That Tiger," "Roll Out the Barrel"-the sort that only a trombone, a tuba, a washboard and a couple of banjos can get away with...