Word: heaviest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...heaviest scoring came in the second period. Although the Aggies intercepted a forward pass at the opening of the period, they were unable to gain and finally fumbled on their 12-yard line, R. Harte '17 recovering for the University. Horween then made 3 yards through centre and on the next play. Casey again crossed the line for a score. Horween kicked the goal. A few minutes later Thacher scored again for the University, following Murray's clever run-back of a punt, a 15-yard penalty against the Aggies for holding and a series of rushes by Horween, Casey...
...that entire period we saw day by day, step by step, the preparations made on a greater scale than ever before. Our headquarters were some 20 miles from Amiens, on the national highway leading to Peronne, directly behind the sector of lines where the French troops have brought the heaviest pressure to bear...
From present indications Yale's 1916 football team promises to be the heaviest in several seasons. No team since the giant combination captained by Gordon Brown in 1900 has tipped the scales for more pounds. Three of the rush line weigh more than 200 pounds each, and one of the backfield is close to that weight. Zenner, from the freshman team last year is the champion heavy-weight of the combination, weighing 225 pounds. Zenner is rated as companion guard to Captain Black, another of the 200 pounders. The rush line alone averages 194 pounds...
Tomorrow will see what is regarded as one of the hardest contests of the season, the game with Tufts. The Medford aggregation is the heaviest hitting college combination of the season and the best team that Tufts has turned out for years. Up to date the visitors have lost but one game, while the University has been forced to accept three defeats...
Prospects for continued success were given a severe jolt last week when it was found that Captain Stafford had developed water on the knee after his collision with first baseman Palmer of the M. A. C. team in Tuesday's contest, and that outfielder Leland, the heaviest hitter on the team, had torn some ligaments in his leg. But with a patched-up team, the Middlebury aggregation was defeated on Thursday, mainly through Krepps's fine performance...