Word: lob
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Those stats include two TD tosses, one a masterful 65-yard connection to McLeese, and the other a one yard lob to Mike Elliot. McLeese made an acrobatic grab, luded three Mather defenders, and then trucked 30 additional yards to score. He was injured on another long gainer midway through the second half and had to leave the game, but at last report was recovering nicely in Stillman Infirmary. Probably the whole Lowell Squad wishes it were in there with...
...hitter. For all its elaborate etiquette, its hushed crowds and blazered officials, its serene and verdant settings, tennis is hand-to-hand combat. It is the sizzling serve that leaves an opponent unable to lift the racquet, the passing shot that crushes the spirit, the drop shot or lob that bounces and dies far beyond reach. In the closing games
...John's (away) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3--6 Harvard (home) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0--3 F--Bauer. DP--St. John's, 2; Harvard, 1. LOB--St. John's 12; Harvard 10. 2B--Bingham. HR--Miller, Farrell. SB--Latrenta. S--Pearce 3, Bingham, Skaff...
...Sands-Meister match followed a familiar pattern for the yardling. Sands played a basically conservative, controlled game, neither allowing nor forcing service breaks on the way to a 7-6, 6-4 win. He answered power with finesse, crushing Meister's net game with a devastating and frequently used lob...
...final point of the 5-1 first set tiebreaker was one such perfect shot. As soon as Meister approached the net, Sands delicately let loose a soft lob which bounced within a foot of the baseline to clinch the first Crimson sets of the afternoon...