Word: chalks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coach Chief Boston's Junior Varsity eleven, which is undefeated, untied and unscored upon in its first four outings, rates as a heavy favorite over its Freshman foes, who have yet to chalk up a win. The only home game played by the Yardlings this season coincided with the Varsity's Coast Guard game, so that Friday's appearance will be their first real showing before the homefolks...
Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon was marked by hard running, rugged blocking, decisive tackling, and chalk every five yards. All seriousness aside though, those Harvards really went out there and showed "Ox" DaGrosa's Holy Cross "where the geeses goes barefoot...
Newshawks had been warned that they were going to meet a man in poor health. They met a man as thin, brittle and white as a stick of chalk, who at the age of 58 looked 70. He shuddered with palsy. His face was shrunken tightly against his fine skull. His cheeks drooped wearily below his mouth. It was not until he had walked swiftly, but shakily, towards them and had taken his seat, that newsmen noticed much about him that was still youthful and perhaps more impressive than even before: the graceful, aquiline head; the quality of finality...
...five minute overtime periods followed but although most of the play was in WPI territory, the Crimson team, by this time thoroughly worn out, could not chalk up the winning goal...
Returning to Harvard again after the war, Conant kept up his researches in explosives, and in chlorophyll (the "what makes grass green" factor). As a teacher, he developed a good sense of showmanship to go with his ability to talk in chalk. In the course of one lecture, he whipped an egg out of his pocket, dropped it into a substance which he said would solidify the albumen, whipped it out again and heaved it at the wall over his students' heads. They were relieved to find that the professor was right: the egg bounced...