Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...slippery condition of the field in the Stadium yesterday prevented Coach Fisher from holding a regular scrimmage as had been planned, and unless the gridiron dries off before this afternoon no more scrimmaging will be held until after the Princeton game for fear of serious injuries which have been in the main avoided this season...
When Coach Cannell's heavy Green eleven runs into the Stadium tomorrow afternoon, the University will face Dartmouth on the gridiron for the thirty-first time. Of the past games, the University has won 25, the Hanover teams two, while three times the elevens have fought to a tie. The last game, played ten years ago, resulted in a 3 to 0 victory for the Crimson...
...certainly the football capital of these United States is a wandering one. It is no longer nailed down east of the Alleghenies, as it used to be in the comfortable olden time, 'when a half-dozen big Eastern teams held the spotlight year after year and ruled the Gridiron Empire unchallenged. However, it still is the ambition of every good team in the country to beat Yale or Harvard or Princeton and the others of the great teams whose shadow once fell so far across the autumn fields. Therefore, "I-o-way", is happy. It is something, after...
...opening practice for the 1926 eleven will be held this afternoon on Soldiers Field at 3.30 o'clock on the Freshman gridiron...
...suggested by our communicant this morning, is admirable. Any sport with the strong attraction that football has should be enjoyed by as many participants as possible. From the nature of the game few men of light and intermediate weights can safely or profitably play football, yet there are numerous gridiron devotees who tip the beam below the University average. Wrestling, boxing, and rowing are conducted in avoirdupois divisions with beneficial results for light men; why not football...