Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time to rub some noses into the mud of Harvard Stadium. Off the Yale bench trotted a diminutive player wearing No. 99, unlisted in the program; he took his place at right end as the teams lined up for the point after touchdown. Instead of the standard place kick, a scoring pass was flipped to No. 99. The hopped-up Yales carried the new hero off the field in triumph, pummeling and pounding him as though he had scored the deciding point. No. 99, it turned out, was no football player. He was Charles Yaeger...
DRAWINGS FROM Punch, a collection of 150 cartoons by 50 of the artists who give Britain's venerable funny magazine its polite kick. Punch's jesters like the same simple lines, merrily exaggerated expressions, and hapless characters as their U.S. counterparts: bumbling doctors, madcap crooks, chesty admirals and busty dowagers...
After some indecisive early skirmishing, a poor kick gave the Elis the ball on their own 44. Fullback Jerry Jones smashed to the Harvard 37 on a fake-pass trap play. On the next play, Jones ran through a large hole off-tackle for the score...
...Elis switched back to running for their third touchdown, Pete Shears bucking over from the three, after Harvard had lost the ball when a fourth down fake kick failed. A 15-yard roughness penalty hurt the Crimson here...
...poor kick led to the final score in the third quarter. Reserve fullback Bill Volmer, Lewis, and Oehmler carried, with Volmer going over from the three. A poor pass from center ruined Morrison's third attempt...