Word: cliffs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is little doubt that the Morningsiders are not as effective on the court as they were on paper before the current campaign opened last December. With Captain John O'Brien, Tom Macioce, Ed Anderson, Cliff Wolf, and Stan Leggett returning as experienced veterans, it was expected that Coach Paul Mooney would have a club whose calibre would at least equal that of the 1936 undefeated League champion...
...when Cliff Wolf tore a ligament in his left knee against Springfield, the second game on the schedule, the prophecies made by local sports scribes faded into history and left Mooney the difficult task of reorganizing his combination. This he did immediately, but success was not apparent until Wednesday night when the Lions completely outclassed Penn's quintet by a margin far greater than the 39-to-33 score indicates...
They went even crazier when the Redskins scored first in the first quarter after "Slingin' Sam" Baugh had whipped a pass to the Chicago 7-yd. line and Cliff Battles had gone around right end on a fake pass. Then the Bears warmed up and scored two quick touchdowns, both by Jack Manders, the league's leading scorer. The quarter ended with the Bears leading 14-to-7. The second quarter was scoreless, and Redskin rooters moaned when Sam Baugh was pulled out from under four of the larger Bears and was led off the field...
...championship of the National Football League's Eastern Division. The Redskins needed to win to become Eastern champions; the Giants needed only a tie. Washingtonians bearing banners paraded up Fifth Avenue, whooped and hollered at the Polo Grounds as Baugh completed 11 out of 15 passes, Cliff Battles gained more than 200 yards running, and Tackle Turk Edwards broke open the hitherto impregnable Giant line. The Redskins won 49-to-14. They went jauntily back to Washington, and as they rehearsed for the wind-up with the fearsome Bears, railroads offered jubilant Washington fans a special rate...
...East Honorable Mention list, however, were the names of six Harvard players, Bobby Green at end, Al Kevorkian at tackle, Russ Allen and Cliff Wilson at guards, and backs Vern Struck and Chief Boston...