Word: balled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With each team holding the ball for periods of ten plays, the A scored three times to once for the B. Again it was Torbie Macdonald who carried off carrying honors. Not only did Torbie cross the touchdown stripe for two of the first team's tallies, but he also ripped off most of the yardage leading up to scoring position...
There was a good deal of passing in yesterday's scrimmage, particularly in the last twenty minutes, as Harlow sought to polish the jagged edges off his aerial attack. The experience in handling a wet ball will come in handy, since the Harlow system, based on precision and deception rather than on powerhouse tactics, has often bogged down in the rain...
Manager: J. Norman Ball...
...rakish stride figured in all of the scores. Four times he was on the tossing end of conceded touchdown pass plays, having Joe Gardella, Gene Lovett, Charley Spreyer and Jim Devine on the receiving end. After they had eluded the secondary, Coach Dick Harlow's whistle brought the ball back to midfield each time...
...touchdown of the day via the land route when he galloped 40 yards to pay dirt on a neat piece of broken field running. The game was not a genuine one, however, because the two teams simply alternated carrying the pigskin from the midfield stripe. They each had the ball for groups of five plays...