Word: duels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the score, the fourth period developed into a kicking duel between Churchill and Bradley, featured only by Hamilton's dash for a touchdown, which was the last play of the game...
...goal-line after receiving a short kick-off. Worcester kicked to their 40-yard line, but incomplete passes and a blocked punt enabled them to recover the ball and reach the middle of the field by the end of the half. The third period was a kicking duel with Gherke's consistent punts giving the Freshmen a slight advantage. In the final quarter came the fumble that decided the game: Jenkins ran back Worchester's kick-off to their 35-yard line but dropped the ball. An Academy back recovered the fumble and raced 60 yards for a touchdown...
...series of line plays as a start-off, but Team B received the ball on downs. A successful forward pass took the ball well down the field, but a second pass was gathered in by a Team A man. The wind favored the first team in the kicking duel which now followed, and left Jenkins in a position to kick a field goal from the 23-yard line...
West Virginia proved an easy mark for the Yale batsmen. But her neighbors from the South, the University of Virginia nine, had another story to tell. Breaking the Eli's winning streak, she defeated them 1-0. The game was a pitchers' duel between Harrison of Yale and Kelly of Virginia. The southern university, scored the only run of the game by a clever squeeze play after a triple by Burnette. The batteries were: Yale, Kelly and Peters; Virginia, Harrison and G. Kuyk...
...Burnett are the most effective of the Virginia batters, although Pettaway, the big left-fielder, has a swing which is good for a home run when it connects. Either Harrison or Taylor will start on the mound today for the visitors. The former, although tired by the pitching duel which he fought out with Kelly at Yale on Thursday, is new to the University batters; Taylor, on the other hand, who pitched in the first game, has an out curve which the University batters were beginning to get on to before the game was called. Virginia's infield is fast...