Word: away
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Drop-kicking played an important role in the 1912 Dartmouth game. Charley Brickley, probably the greatest kicker in the history of Harvard football, split the uprights in the third quarter from seven yards away, for the only three points scored in the entire contest. Nor was Brickley merely a field goal specialist; he rushed for 68 of the Crimson's 190 yards on the ground...
...offense led by halfbacks Jim Burke and Jake Crouthamel and lost, 26 to 0. Nevertheless, Crimson adherents could claim a larger victory in 1957--a glorious triumph in the Battle of the Big Drum. It was in that year that a group of Dartmouth students nearly succeeded in hauling away the Band's big brass drum, only to be halted by Band members wielding trumpets, tubas, and whatever else they could lay their hands...
McCall's tie-breaking goal also took the spotlight away from sophomore Ted Wendell, whose first goal as a varsity player tied the Indians and gave the Crimson new life. At 14:55 of the second period, John McIntosh passed from the far right across the goal mouth, and after a fast scramble for the ball, Wendell managed to flip it into the nets. The ball floated high over Ellington's outstretched hands and passed just below the cross...
...third quarter was marked by wide-open play and several near misses. Early in the period fullback Lanny Keyes, again playing a fine game on defense, booted away a shot aimed straight at the goal...
...dominant individual in this period, in which the ball went from one end to the other quite frequently, was little Larry Ekpebu, varsity center forward. Ekpebu was fast and aggressive all day, but especially so in the second half. Often he stole the ball away from a Dartmouth defender and passed down the field only to be beaten by the goalie or another defenseman...