Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University of Illinois had to do last week to cinch an invitation to the Rose Bowl was to defeat Wisconsin. Underdog Wisconsin, beaten in the Rose Bowl last year (and ineligible as a repeater to return this season), had nothing to gain but prestige. It turned out to be quite an incentive...
First, said the bishops, there are some causes for thanksgiving. Among them: the "steady and continuous" gain in the number of Episcopal communicants (1.72% in the U.S. between 1951 and 1952); the general increase in church membership in all denominations. But most of their words were devoted to Christian grounds of concern. Despite church gains, they warned, "the outlook for Christianity and for the world from a Christian point of view has rarely been more serious...
...first play, Culolias, playing fine football all the way, broke through and caught fullback Connie Corelli for no gain. Then Bill Weber stopped Corelli for no gain, and the Elis, frustrated all afternoon on the ground, prepared to take...
Segal then tossed to Al Glazerman on the five, but the gain was not sufficient for a first down, and Branford took over and triumphed...
...Elis took the opening kickoff and drove 78 yards for a touchdown, with the speedy McGill going around end for a six yard gain which capped the drive...