Word: crossbar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...failed to capitalize on many excellent scoring opportunities. In the fourth period, behind by one goal, the Crimson fired six straight shots at the Dartmouth net and failed to score. Three of the shots simply missed, two were blocked by the Dartmouth goalie, and one bounced off the crossbar...
...summer, Boston practiced with a sponge dangling from a crossbar, 9 ft. above the broad-jump pit. The idea was to aim for it with his head-on the theory that the higher he jumped the farther he would go-and last week he nearly jumped out of sight. In the final U.S. Olympic trials at Los Angeles, Boston bounded 27 ft. 101 in. on his very first try-a full 7 in. past the world mark held by Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan. But the wind gauge registered 5 m.p.h. (maximum allowable: 4.4 m.p.h.), and the new record...
...Tiger jumper bowed out at the higher level, and Pardee, on the try that counted, sailed up and over the crossbar to break his own Harvard record of 6 ft., 8 1/4 in. and capture the Crimson's only first place of the evening...
...title until Army's disqualification in the mile relay gave the Middies a surprise two points in the event. The ruling placed Annapolis' hopes squarely around Midshipman Brown's neck, just as he was chugging down the runway for his second assault of the 15 ft., 8 in. high crossbar...
Meanwhile, the Elephants moved quickly for their first score. A blocked punt recovered by Eliot on the Branford 40 set up a snappy six-play touchdown drive, capped by fullback Bob Yager's seven-yard scoring dash. Eillott Topkins' attempted conversion hit the crossbar and bounced back, but the Elephants...