Word: gainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Outside of the odd little men who put some sort of orange grease on their naked chests and war-danced in front of the stands, the only other outstanding Indian was fullback Dick Jennison. The Green's top ground gainer in 1951 who was ineligible last year, Jennison hits the line like a medium-sized bulldozer, forcing his own openings, and carrying Holy Cross defenders with...
Lord won his end berth and Kelly started at quarter as the Crimson smashed weak Vermont 21 to 3. Crosby scored two touchdowns and was the team's leading ground gainer. Dudley Bell and Captain Pratt recovered inopportune Vermont fumbles and the varsity seemed headed in the right direction...
...steel industry, record sales of $927,925,909 increased U.S. Steel's net 13.4% to $49,375,958. Republic's net jumped 17% to $13,759,513 and Jones & Laughlin's 19.8% to $5,642,000. Biggest gainer of all was Bethlehem, which reported sales up 7.3% to a record $500,407,927 and earnings up 63.6% to $30,961,033. But though steelmakers' earnings were good, none of the companies thought they were good enough to absorb an industry wage increase (see above) or higher costs. Said Bethlehem's Chairman Eugene G. Grace: "Since...
Jerry Jones, the fullback, is Oliver's leading ground gainer. A fast starter, the 195-pound junior cuts sharply, resulting in five touchdowns and a four yards a carry average. In the Princeton game Jones gained far more consistently than star Tiger fullback Homer Smith...
...know," I asked, "that you are the second-leading ground gainer in the country." Clasby smiled again. "Really? That's swell." I don't know what reaction I had expected, but I suppose that I had figured to throw the tailback for a little loss at least. "You're only 38 yards behind the follow that's leading, somebody from Detroit. Everything depends on how you do Saturday" I said I detected Clasby's eyes harrow. Any reference to Saturday, by someone not a member of the team, is greeted by silence these days. Strange things are going...