Word: chalks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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School started again last fortnight in Dover, most dangerous spot in England, for the first time since Dunkirk. In the teeth of big German guns across the Channel, most of the 1,300 moppets still left in the city emerged from chalk-cliff cave shelters to hour-and-a-half sessions of the three Rs in six shell-scarred schoolhouses (glassless windows were boarded, roofs patched from bomb hits...
...Bunnies had their big chance to score in the first quarter. With Jim Lee doing the blocking, they carried the ball down to the Yardling's 10-Yard marker, where a five-yard penalty put an end to the drive. Apparently disheartened, the backs were then unable to chalk up a first down, and the ball went over to the Freshmen...
Meanwhile, Winthrop and Dunster were struggling hard, taking turns pushing the ball up and down the field. The Puritans, minus powerful Stan Durwood, outplayed their rivals during the first half but were unable to score. With Durwood to carry the ball they might have been able to chalk up their first win instead of their second...
...took a 6 to 0 lead over Leverett, but fell by the wayside when the Bunnies rallied to tie up the game and then win as the conversion kick bounced safely over the crossbar. Their last game against Adams was a rout as the Gold Coasters ran wild to chalk...
...only will Boston be out to see Exeter go down to another defeat but he will also be trying to chalk up the first official win of his coaching career, making his first official start since he took over Freshman duties this year...