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Word: benches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tips by Telephone. This week it was the Baltimore Colts' turn to be fooled by Albert & Co. It took some doing. The Colts were leading 10 to 0 at half time. Frankie, whose passes were misfiring, got grimmer each time he trotted in to the bench (which was each time his team lost the ball). Often he picked up a telephone and asked: "What have you got for me?" Up in the press box, armed with binoculars, an assistant coach gave him a G-2 fill-in (Sample: "Their ends are playing wide, so try a stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Left-Hander | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...closest the Crimson ever came to the BU goalposts was the 20 yard-line, although backs Tom Ossman and Warren Wylie showed brief flashes of ground strength all afternoon. A practice injury kept Bob Ray, the big first-string fullback, on the bench...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. Passes Drub Freshman Eleven By Margin of 34-0 | 10/30/1948 | See Source »

With the season just approaching the halfway mark, in juries, mid-term study jitters, and plain bench boredom are cutting the eight House squads smaller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shortage of Players Bane Of House Football Coaches | 10/27/1948 | See Source »

...tomorrow, when the Crimson scrambles down from its bench to cheer the eleven men going onto the field, let the intangibles fall upon them, and, lot the roar of your blessings welcome them home...

Author: By Samuel Spade, | Title: Highly Touted Indians Boast Versatile Backs, Speedy Ends | 10/22/1948 | See Source »

Coach Poley Guyda emptied his bench during the game as his team blasted in two goals in the first period, three in the second, and four in the last quarter when the Tufts players added weariness to ineptitude and cracked wide open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Booters Trounce Tufts Freshmen, 9-0 | 10/21/1948 | See Source »

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