Word: pigskin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the invading team threatened. Starting on his 30 yard line, Holquist plunged through the line for 12 yards. The Crimson players were next penalized five yards, after which Holquist gained three yards. With the ball on the University's 49 yard line, Holquist stepped back and hurled the pigskin to Novotny, who was stopped after a 24 yard gain. Papke gained three more and the quarter ended...
...gates of Soldiers Field, creaking through a summers rust, open today to admit an imarient crowd of football enthusiasts. An added week of anticipation together with interesting rumors of a team at practice have whetted a dangerously keen appetite for pigskin...
What former President of the United States could have reduced all culture to five feet of shelf room by the mere authority of his name. Mr. Roosevelt's pigskin library has been forgotten for many years, and Mr. Wilson's fourteen pocket pointers have never yet been sold...
...irresistible force meeting an immovable object. The mind has visions of a scoreless game and darkness closing down on the field. In desperation the two coaches rush out and advise their respective teams. Mr. Haughton whispers to the quarterback; a most remarkable play is carried through, except that the pigskin comes to rest exactly where it was before, and Mr. Fisher chuckles audibly as he views the pile of arms and legs. His own coup d'etat fails as miserably as did his opponent's. A conference of the Big Two is held. They separate. Each tells his team...
...enabled Jenkins to block and recover the pass by Harris which resulted in the only touchdown of the afternoon. A protracted exchange of punts in the first quarter ended when Buell ran back a Dartmouth kick to the latter's 45-yard line. Owen, Gehrke, and Chapin advanced the pigskin to within 32 yards of the goal, where a stiffening Dartmouth defence forced Buell to try a drop-kick which, however, proved unsuccessful. The play had see-sawed back and forth in mid-field, with each side mising a field goal, when a short kick and a penalty gave...