Word: ditches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...short themselves at one point in the third period, the Mules were able to lace another marker into the Crimson nets when a Colby penalty-killer deflected one of Harvard's clearing passes to a teammate who drove the puck past Crimson goalie Willy Henderson. In a last-ditch attempt to stay in the game, Harvard began to emphasize offensive play at the cost of defense. But the Colby center was able to jump the Crimson defensemen, and with an assist from a wing, shot the puck into the cage for the Mules' final tally...
Social Climber. In Sequoia National Park, Calif., a big black bear was taken for a long ride into the woods by rangers after he broke into two convertibles and took off food, released the brake of a third car and drove it into a ditch, climbed onto the roof of a lodge and fell through the skylight...
...initial encounter, as the sophomore quarter back kicked the extra point and field goal that gave the Crimson its 10-6 margin. But even in defeat Booth stood out: only an amazing grab by Bill Ticknor prevented the diminutive halfback from scoring the winning touchdown on a brilliant, last-ditch effort...
Just before testifying last week, Charles made a last-ditch attempt to wangle favored treatment from newsmen. To the nation's top TV critics and commentators-NBC's Chet Huntley, the New York Times's Jack Gould, the New York Herald Tribune's John Crosby, et al.-he mailed copies of his prepared statement along with personal notes looking for sympathy. Wrote he to Critic Crosby: "I wanted you to have a copy of this complete from my own hand. It's not a pleasant story, but I tried to make it a true...
...have followed. One of the most famous was the 1929 Army contest, in which the Crimson tied a West Point eleven led by all-time great Chris Cagle, 20 to 20. Putnam and Barry Wood, then a substitute, completed seven of 12 passes for 168 yards, including a list-ditch aerial to end V.M. Harding for the tying touchdown...