Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seems to be turning at last, with all but four men ready to play today. Jim Kenary, Don Stone, John Gorczynski, and Howie Houston will sit this one out. The loss of this quartet, plus Vince Moravec, however, weakens the Crimson severely at center, both tackles, fullback, and in forward passing...
During these days, the game was less exciting, though often more eventful, than it is today. The forward pass was strictly for bidden but a number of delicate little methods for gaining ground were looked upon with tolerance...
President Eliot, when asked why, though a crew enthusiast, he never went to football games, answered tartly, "It's too much like a circus." That probably was at once the great drawback and beauty of the game during the Eighties. There were no forward passes and no real blocking, and yet the scores were phenomenally large. Part of the reason may be that organized defense systems were unknown, and the kicking was plentiful and accurate...
...sweeping 178-page report, a special Presidential committee has come forward with a 25 plank proposal to end discrimination on racial and religious grounds in the United States. Included in the report are demands for Federal anti-poll tax, anti-lynching, and fair employment practices legislation; for Federal and State laws to prevent segregation or discrimination in schools, theaters, trains, and hotels; and for State laws against restrictive real estate covenants. On the surface, the committee's recommendations would appear to be a major blow in behalf of civil liberties...
...presenting an alert M.I.T. team with the tying goal half way through the third period, the Varsity soccer team rallied to eke out a 2 to 1 win in the cloning minutes of the last yeriod yesterday afternoon on Tech's vest-pocket field. Hans Estin, a new center forward, scored both goals for Harvard...