Word: fell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard broke into the victory column the following autumn. The Crimson entered the game the under-dog, but soon proved its worth. When in the third period one of Cordingley's long punts hit the leg of a Princeton back, combs fell on the ball, and a moment later Piaffman entered the game and came through with a field goal. A safety in the closing period, which Princeton claimed to have made intentionally, made the final score...
...Majesty the King of the Belgians, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy?anxious to satisfy the desire for security and protection which animates the peoples upon whom fell the scourge of the War of 1914-1918; taking note of the abrogation of the treaties for the neutralization of Belgium, and conscious of the necessity of insuring peace in the area which has so frequently been the scene of European conflicts; animated also with the sincere desire of giving...
Smart tricks are in the Dartmouth bag: a triple pass, executed with the polish of a fortune-teller's shuffle; criss-cross plays that befuddled the Harvard backs as much as if they had seen Halfback Oberlander (Dartmouth) take a rabbit out of his helmet. Dark fell before Harvard's last frantic forward pass slipped through groping butterfingers to the ground. Score: Dartmouth 32, Harvard...
Once in Amsterdam he fell upon hard times. To get advertisement he went round the city and dropped pennies in automatic strength-testing machines, then wrecked them. He was arrested, set free, became the idol of Holland...
...done with footballs, but footballs are not made of pigskin. They are made of cowhide? a startling fact made public in the advance notices for a congress of leather producers which will meet in Chicago next month. But although deluded about the material in the leather-covered bladder they fell on, ran with, kicked, bit, clutched and groaned over, the football players of the U. S. accomplished last Saturday even more than usual...