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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most thrilling play of the day came in the third period when Halperin, behind perfect blocking, took the ball on an off-tackle slant, cut back twice and finished up a 60 yard run over the goal line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BELLBOYS, COMMUTERS WIN IN HOUSE GAMES | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

Adams came close enough to worry the Commuters in the final frame when, with three minutes to go, Chub Lee, backfield ace, returned a punt 25 yards to the Dudley three yard stripe. At that point the Dudley line stiffened and threw back the Gold Coasters. Bill Healey, star tackle as well as a dependable punter, kicked out of danger, and before Adams could attack again the game was over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BELLBOYS, COMMUTERS WIN IN HOUSE GAMES | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...third quarter Cowen, fullback for Exeter, scored on a two-yard back. Another determined Exeter drive was climaxed by Haslan's line plunge over the touchdown stripe, while the Stahleymen got another tally when McNicol again completed an serial, this time to Calch Loring. Hayes' spectacular dash in the final frame eliminated Crimson hopes for victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter Downs Yardlings, 20-14 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Both coaches, Harlow and Mannie Mansfield, praised the play of Charlie Crooker's and Art Belliveau for Bates. The captain and center, Crooker was in every play, throwing back Harvard thrusts like a man with twice his 165 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter Downs Yardlings, 20-14 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...complexity of various contemporary movements in sculpture, and a searching investigation of many other works of art which have been similarly received when first exhibited. Still the concentrated strength embodied in ADAM is penetrating enough to cause even the most aesthetically lethargic individual in the world to sit back and ponder...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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