Word: helmets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...coast town for other fragments. Piece was laid to piece; the statue grew like a head emerging from the casual, apparently unrelated strokes of an artist's crayon, until at last it stood complete and the wide marble eyes, the straight nose descending under the helmet's shadow, the curling beard still dusted with thin flakes of gilt, revealed the face...
...impression that they had triumphed by a 12 to 7 count. It was discovered later, however, that the referee had not allowed two of the goals scored by the Crimson because of technical fouls. One of the scores was not marked up when a Harvard rider lost his helmet in a scrimmage for the ball and the referee blew his whistle just before another Crimson player had found the enemy goal with a well placed shot...
...which ensued, some 500 Poles were killed. Government planes bombed Pilsudski's headquarters at the Saxon Palace. His troops tightened the siege of the Nationalists and the President at the Belvedere Palace. Then three Cabinet Ministers flew up and away in an airplane. The President, wearing a steel helmet, escaped by climbing over the wall of the Belvedere Palace and fled on foot. The Government's troops surrendered to Pilsudski...
...introduction of the helmet, shoulder pad, and other protective garb, has made it possible for the players to take more chances than was possible when they went upon the field with their heads and bodies unprotected from the onslaught of swinging lacrosse sticks. In addition, the exact rules which now define body checking have brought about more daring play. The check in lacrosse is equivalent to the tackle in football, save that it differs in technique. Yet it is no less spectacular, and puts into lacrosse the same smash of physical contact so enjoyed by the spectators...
Shortly after the opening whistle, Gillies, veteran University player made two goals in short succession, taking the ball down the field unassisted. On his second trip through the English team, he encountered such vigorous opposition from Ogilvie, that the Crimson player's helmet was knocked off by the Englishman's stick...