Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first-and-ten at the Colgate 23, Brown hit Connors, who snagged six passes during the day, for a ten-yard pickup. On the next play Matt Granger barrelled all the way down to the goaline but an illegal procedure penalty brought the ball back to the 18-yard-line. The drive foozled when on second down Brown was bushwacked by Ken Ebeling and fumbled over the football...
...Crimson offense continued to move the ball and Harvard scored its second touchdown with 2:27 left in the half. First, Brown connected with Horner who went out at the Colgate 35 for a first down. Brown then carried the pigskin himself on four of the next five plays to set up a Crimson first down on the 12. Whirligig halfback Ralph Polillio then bolted up the middle and into the endzone for the six points. Bosnic's point after made the score...
Bosnic trotted on and clipped the ball off the turf as neatly as if it were a dandelion head for a 43-yard field goal. Bosnic's boot gave Harvard a 17-7 lead at the half and proved to be the winning margin in the game...
Restic said afterwards of Horner's key reception, "I told Larry to pump to the seam and then lay the ball up to the slot. The way Horner ran the pattern was just excellent. You don't even get that in pro ball...
Oddly enough, for a team that is long on speed and short on muscle, the Royals can drop and kick the ball with the worst of them. By last week, the butterfingered Royals had committed 145 errors and ranked next to last in the league in fielding. Still, the Kansas City defense was strongest where it was the most important: on the pitching mound. The Royals have a trio of aces on their staff: Righthander Dennis Leonard (21-17), Lefthander Paul Splittorff (19-13), and then there is Larry Gura; the southpaw whom Manager Billy Martin dismissed from the Yankees...