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Word: net (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...touchdowns, in the second period, two, in the last period the substitutes crossed the line twice more so that their team, unbeaten still, won their last game and the West Coast championship, 41 to 6. Richards of Yale jumped through the Harvard line as if it had been mosquito netting and thrust his chest in front of the ball. There was a dull thud. Later on, after the touchdown, there was a placement from the field, a field goal. Even the Crimson efforts of men with names like Chauncey and Saltonstall were not good enough to beat a Yale team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 29, 1926 | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

...three men lost through graduation are Captain Thayer Cummings '26, a capable net guardian: L. O. Pratt '26, a strong defense man: and C. L. Harding, a wing who fitted well into the reserve forward line considered by many to be the equal of the starting trio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROSY GLOW HANGS OVER HOCKEY CAMP AS STRONG CRIMSON SQUAD SHAPES UP | 11/26/1926 | See Source »

...enable him to move quickly from his normal position in front of the cage to the side boards. His dashes down the ice are largely confined to taking the puck to mid-ice for a pass to a cleverer teammate or to a long shot at the opposing net. Clark displays on the ice all the same qualities that make him a feared halfback on the football team. He will also rest for a few weeks before reporting for hockey, but by mid-season the chunky halfback should be at his best defensive form. Down the ice, he is aggressive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROSY GLOW HANGS OVER HOCKEY CAMP AS STRONG CRIMSON SQUAD SHAPES UP | 11/26/1926 | See Source »

...tales in this very attractive volume are all related in Milne's delightful prose and still more delectable verse and will be welcomed by thousands, young and old, who have learned to love "When We Were Very Young." $2.00 NET...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOME NOTABLE FALL BOOKS | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

...Nobel Prize" winner's new volume of plays containing "Press Cuttings" "the Glimpse of Reality," "Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction," "The Fascinating Foundling," "Jitta's Atonement," "Constancy Rewarded," and "The Music Cure." 2.25 NET...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOME NOTABLE FALL BOOKS | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

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