Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...better club unquestionably won. Good pitching by Pitchers Wilcey Moore and George Pipgrass, marvelous pitching by Pennock, the two Ruthian home-runs and the sustained New York attack were too much for the National League team. But the factor that made the series almost a farce? the factor that enabled the Yankees to run off four consecutive victories (a feat previously performed by only the Boston National League club in 1914) was not so much New York pitching, or New York hitting. It was "errors-by?," errors by Pittsburgh...
Displaying a hard-charging line, a smooth and efficient running attack aided by brilliant passes, and a general tightening of the girths all-around, the University eleven clearly outplayed the Crusaders of Holy Cross last Saturday. The 14 to 6 score might have been larger with a little more time at the close of the fourth period...
...plunges, alternating with occasional sweeps around end or off tackle, ate up the ground. J. P. Crosby '28 carried the ball on most of the plunges, and seldom failed to gain at least three yards. W. R. Harper '30, starting his first University game, was another power on the attack, as was G. C. Holbrook '30, who entered the game late...
When asked about the work of the backfield, O'Connell said that the Harvard running attack was good, and that the plays were deceptive. "We were up against a fighting team," O'Connell went on. "I couldn't say that Harvard was yellow, as some Purdue players said. If anything, the team over-fought, but that was because they were keyed-up and determined to come back. A week of fight talk did wonders for Harvard. We were dazzled at the start, and some of our men lost their heads, while Harvard kept on crashing through...
...Sinclair states in the first page of his introduction that the purpose of his book is to show how the "invisible government of Big Business which controls the rest of America has taken over the charge of your children;" on the second page he traces his plan of attack...