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After a scoreless first half, the Dunster team came back in the second and at- tempted a series of plays which put it on Winthrop's five-yard line, but the Funsters were unable, to score. The ball reverted to Winthrop, and Jim Wycoff, subbing at fullback for Cudhea, ran it on a pitchoff for a first down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Defeats Dunster Eleven; Three Men Hurt | 10/19/1951 | See Source »

...Gymnasts are favored in the 200-yard breaststroke and the diving, and their familiarity with their 20-yard pool gives them some extra advantage. It will be the first time this year Crimson swimmers will perform off a one-meter board and in a five-yard short pool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Meet Springfield | 2/14/1951 | See Source »

Movements of this sort will draw an automatic five-yard penalty, whether or not the ball is snapped. Moreover, the penalty for any resultant offside by the defense will be cancelled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grid Rules Shift On Conversions, Safeties, Centers | 9/27/1950 | See Source »

...final rule change erases the five-yard penalties for flying blocks and tackles. This rule was so neglected that the committee eliminated it entirely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grid Rules Shift On Conversions, Safeties, Centers | 9/27/1950 | See Source »

...Republican Governor James Duff thought the party ought "to shed some of the aloofness we have." Harold Stassen was blunt. "The Republican Party is in a bad way," he said. "It is sort of like a football team sustaining a crushing defeat after having advanced the ball to the five-yard line." What Stassen thought the party needed was "a tremendous lot of rebuilding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Thin Pickings | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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