Word: blew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...greater part of the first half was taken up by a punting duel between Slagle and Dignan, with the advantage slightly on the side of the former. The whistle blew with the first string gridders in a position to score, Williams, who replaced Slagle, and Caldwell having placed the pigskin on the substitutes' 8-yard line. Another punting duel between Dignan and Williams featured the second half as well. The University line showed a marked weakness in charging and failed to open adequate holes for the backs...
...defeated Hampden Sidney College in their first game last Saturday 13 to 9, they failed to display anything threatening. Outweighed and, until the final period, outplayed, the Virginia team saved itself from defeat only by opening up an serial attack a few minutes before the referee's final whistle blew. They will be outweighed when they come up against the Crimson at the end of the week, and will very likely again resort to the passing game...
...feet, the pilot guided his plane to the outskirts of the town, to minimize danger to others, and stayed on board as long as he dared. He then unloosed his safety belt, crawled out on the wing, and jumped into 1,800 feet of darkness. The wind blew him clear, and he counted two before pulling the rip cord, so that the parachute might be clear of entanglement. Macready did not know whether he was upside down or not when he left the ship, or whither he was heading. But he heard the parachute snap open and knew well that...
Eleven starters competed for the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. At 4 o'clock on a summery afternoon the bugle blew and 50,000 eyes turned to the gate from the paddock to watch the procession up the track. At the starting post Harry F. Sinclair's Mad Play, the favorite, Sande up, drew inside position. Up shot the barrier with a deafening roar from the stands as the horses simultaneously broke to a splendid start. Mad Play gained an immediate lead by saving ground in rounding the first turn. Hard pressed for the whole 1⅛ miles...
Yesterday afternoon on the Divinity Courts, the undefeated second tennis team met the undefeated. Freshmen annul it was the latter team that took the short end of the 5-4 score. The strong wide that blew across the courts made fast tennis out of the question and most the matches deteriorated into pat-ball...