Word: hards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only a miracle could save Amherst from defeat, but the miracle always materialized. Crimson lineman Larry Ekpebu had two on-target shots knocked down late in the game, neither of them by the Amherst goalie. As time was running out in the third quarter, Ekpebu, playing wing, sent a hard cross toward the Lord Jeff nets. The ball hit defender Walter Barnette and seemed to be headed straight for the goal, but it ticked the post just hard enough to be deflected safely away...
...Morgan at fullback, made a few mistakes, but survived his fiery baptism remarkably well. Goalie Tom Bagnoli was sensational. Under heavy attack a good part of the time, he made several acrobatic stops, and saved the game for the Crimson in the first overtime by tipping a high, hard shot by Amherst's Pieter Van der Toorn over the crossbar...
...party whose doctrine is largely based on economic principles, it is hard for Labour to find an issue when things go well economically. Not only have Labourite charges of unemployment and economic stagnation become hard to justify, but Macmillan's efforts to break the diplomatic deadlock have frustrated the argument that the Conservatives have taken no initiative to end the cold war. Only the skeleton of Suez and the recent abuses of force in Kenya and Nyasaland haunt the Tories in foreign affairs...
Quarterback Ted Halaby led the team to an early 6-0 lead, as he scored in the first quarter on a 31-yard play. From there, the Naval Station eleven managed to contain the Crimson's hard-running quartet in the backfield for the rest of the half. The J.V.'s went on to further scoring in the second half and held the visitors scoreless until Harvard had gained its total...
...then, however, it was too late; the J.V. team was home safe with a 34-6 win, thanks to its 20 points in the last quarter. The Naval Station eleven was hampered throughout the game by numerous fumbles caused either by the wet conditions or hard-hitting Crimson linemen--or both...