Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fourth quarter, however, after Princeton had failed to gain on four plays within the shadow of the Harvard goal posts, Slagle dropped back and booted a drop kick which gave Princeton the 12 points taken as the final score right after the game. All the charts of the game show that the kick was made on the fifth down. which would nullify...
...route to break the ice, and Heard tried a difficult drop-kick from the side of the field, 30 yards from the goal. The ball travelled the distance, but went wide of the mark. Again in the second quarter, after a long march during which the Juniors tore off gain after gain, the 1928 quarterback tried a goal from the 15 yard chalk directly in front of the posts, but Ingalls, Sophomore guard who was a tower of strength in the forward barrier throughout the game, blocked it, and recovered for the Sophomores...
Garrison, left halfback for the Sec- onds, was the only ball-carrier who made headway against the strong 1930 forward wall, while Wetmore and Meson were constant threats to the Seconds. The forward passing of the combination was the only means by which the Freshmen could gain against their heavier foes...
...plot there is so little that the play might readily have been run as a musical comedy, with infinite gain in speed and box-office receipts. Lie follows lie in the most amazing succession, so that even the most-cynical of males would be sated, and turn trustingly to his companion. "No woman could lie like that." Yet, despite the never ending procession of lies the play palls during the second act, palls indeed until The-Shot-Outside. No audience can resist The-Shot-Outside...
With the count deadlocked, the University outfit launched an offensive drive from its own 20-yard line only to have a forward pass intercepted at midfield. Failing to gain ground through the line, the ineligibles resorted to the overhead attack, but Gamache intercepted the ball and the University machine resumed its interrupted march forward which did not end until Sayles crashed through for a touchdown from the two-yard mark...