Word: lording
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four quarters and two overtime periods last Saturday at Amherst, the varsity soccer team and Amherst's Lord Jeffs battled each other into submission. Beset by bad breaks and hampered by the Jeffs' sticky defensive play, the Crimson was relieved, if not satisfied, to emerge with...
...save Amherst from defeat, but the miracle always materialized. Crimson lineman Larry Ekpebu had two on-target shots knocked down late in the game, neither of them by the Amherst goalie. As time was running out in the third quarter, Ekpebu, playing wing, sent a hard cross toward the Lord Jeff nets. The ball hit defender Walter Barnette and seemed to be headed straight for the goal, but it ticked the post just hard enough to be deflected safely away...
Amherst abandoned its familiar long-passing game, depending on the dribbling and shooting of speedy wings Roger Pennington and Charlie Clark for most of its offense. Pennington gave the Lord Jeffs their lone goal with 7:50 gone in the first period, tallying on a rebound...
...Lord Jeffs use a long passing game, with wing-to-wing exchanges a frequent occurrence. They are expected to be especially difficult on defense, since Mallory will have three other backfield holdovers to support...
Morale is always a problem for Munro at this stage of the season. The squad is never really "up" for contests with non-Ivy schools, but a defeat by one of its non-League opponents can send team spirit dropping. Amherst has always been a tough opponent, and the Lord Jeffs will be aiming for another upset today...