Word: backed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When I spoke in Louisville the heat in the meeting hall was noticeable to everyone. We afterwards learned that somebody had deliberately turned on the steam heat. A member of the local police notified the newspapermen that I was intoxicated. . . . Half a dozen different stories were carried back to me and each time my supposed degree of intoxication was so great that it required two men to hold me up. ... To my way of thinking, neither the tariff nor the farm problem were important factors in the determination of the election. In its broad aspects the campaign appeared...
Martin played an excellent defensive game, as did Heard, who substituted for Amberg at left half back...
...anything to Fielding H. Yost, former Michigan mentor, who was in the stands scouting for the Wolverines. Only once did Harvard show anything new, when on the march for the initial touchdown, the backfield lined up in a semi-kick formation. The touchdown made, the old formation with a back in motion was resumed again...
...Wood established himself as an able and alert quarterback. He played a heady and cool game throughout and although not carrying the ball once he was responsible for the last touchdown when he threw another last-minute aerial to Harding, duplicating his feat of the Army game. Harper was back to his old form again when, in the opening quarter, he made two successive first downs single handed...
...regular running formation is an unbalanced line, usually leaving only one man on the short side, with the quarterback back in receiving position. On practically every play he actually receives the ball, though on a great many he does not rush. One of the favorite plays from this position found one of the interfering halfbacks receiving the ball from the quarterback on a simple crossbuck and diving into the strong side of the line. The play wasn't as a rule very effective against Dartmouth but it affords a contrast to the usual straight run and might be a real...