Word: kick
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...laughed heartily at his own remark. An unabashed lover of his own jokes, he said he had added the sentence to trap newspapermen into believing that he might seek a third term, that the effect was terrific, about as funny as a crutch, and that he had got a kick out of seeing the faces of the reporters present. Trouble with this, according to Raymond Clapper, was that few reporters had paid much attention, and that certainly few had fallen into the President's trap...
...Last week every rural radio was tuned in to the Oklahoma-Missouri game at Columbia, Mo. Oklahomans wanted their beloved Sooners to stop Missouri's fabulous Paul Christman. Stop Christman they did, but discovered that his less publicized teammates were good too. By the margin of an unsuccessful kick (7-to-6), Oklahoma was nosed out of the undefeated ranks and the Big Six title...
Aided by a strong wind, the '43 team kept up in the first quarter a sustained attack which enabled "Herky" Herskovits to kick in the winning tally. For the rest of the first half, the two teams were deadlocked...
Burr churned through guard for another touchdown., but an offside called the play back. The new fighting Elis pushed through to the two and on the fourth down Seymour ran off tackle with five charging Harvard's for the six points. Again Kaye came in to kick the point. Score Yale 14, Harvard...
...three. In the initial period, Hal Tine's running accounted for most of the yardage as he reeled off substantial gains to put the ball in scoring position. Lo Withington took the ball on the one yard line and crashed over for the first score, seven minutes after the kick-off. Captain Hammy Wood's try for the conversion was unsuccessful...