Word: maroons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Maroon attack centered about the line-plunging of her three giant fullbacks, Timme, Thomas and Zorn, who time after time tore through the veteran Princeton line for substantial gains, a thing which football critics had pronounced as impossible. Contrary to expectations few passes were used by the Westerners, the only one completed being that from Cole to Romney, which resulted in the touchdown late in the game...
...only University score of the scrimmage. This leaves Princeton with a dearth of seasoned backfield men, which should react to Chicago's advantage, as it is expected that Coach Stagg will depend to a large extent upon forward passes and shift plays with end runs for the Maroon offensive, plays that put the greatest strain on the defensive backfield...
...defeating powerful aggregations, sometimes losing to teams generally considered its inferiors. As an example of the latter may be considered the contest it lost to the weak Columbia nine, while its drubbing of Boston College yesterday afternoon by the score of 11-8 was a proof of what the Maroon men can show when they so wish. The victory over Boston College was typical of the team's record in more than one way; the New York nine was ahead 11-0 at the first of the eighth, but the combination of a slump by the visiting team...
...Maroon outfit, as it will go on the field today, has been formed around a nucleus of six veterans,--Captain Halloran, Donovan, Cousineau, McLoughlin and McNamara and Cullotin, pitchers. Of these two, McNamara, a left-hander, who won an 11-5 victory over Princeton on June 8, will probably have the call. Cousineau and Fallon, who have hit consistently all season, are the two most powerful men in the Fordham attack...
...this afternoon is not as powerful an aggregation as the Holy Cross outfit that defeated the Crimson last Wednesday, it will probably show considerable strength both on the attack and on the defense. Ample reason for such a statement is given by the string of six victories that the Maroon and White has gathered out of seven games played. Its unbeaten record was finally broken at Providence last Wednesday, when it went down to defeat before Brown's fourteenth inning rally that broke...