Word: eels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Westward, the sun shone on a redhaired, eel-hipped runagate, Grange by name. He, all-American halfback of last season, running and dodging with fabulous agility, scored five of the six touchdowns that Illinois piled up against Michigan for its 39 to 14 victory. He ran through a broken field like a thoroughbred through a bog, supported always by superb interference. (The week previous Grange played against Butler College for 16 minutes, scored 12 points...
Harvard rejoiced in Quarterback Cheek, in Backs Zarakov and Gehrke, as she fell upon Virginia, 14 to 0. Cheek is a line-knifer; Zarakov an artful, eel-hipped dodger; Gehrke's punts sail...
...artful, eel-hipped dodger...
Probably the most singular novelty of the season was the appearance of rubber trousers ? worn by Army, Pittsburgh and West Virginia players on rainy playing fields. Comparatively light in weight and slippery as an eel's hips, the player thus equipped has his opponents at a considerable disadvantage. It is probable that the Rules Committee will afford the rubber trouser legislative recognition...
...called," said Mr. Lincoln, "because of a vow by the discoverer of it that he would name the place with the name of the first fish he caught off its coasts. It's rather lucky for the inhabitants, by the way, that he didn't catch an eel." The first town settled was Eastham, and the first inhabitants came from the Plymouth settlement. But it is Mr. Lincoln's theory, based on deduction, that the settlers came by sea. For we are given to understand that our Pilgrim Fathers were men of commonsense and piety, and according to Mr. Lincoln...