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...most dangerous of all is the long forward pass. Every year, the Big Green team finds a back who can throw a ball 50 yards and at least one end who can stretch up his finger tips while on the dead run and take into them the flying pigskin. The Harvard line must tell the story, for once the passing game gets under way, touchdowns are never more than one play off. It is safe to say that if Dartmouth wins tomorrow, the play that will bring or lead up to the winning touchdown will be a forward pass over...
...yard line and ran through a broken field for a touchdown. The University forwards, however, were offside on the play and the ball was brought back. W. B. Jones '28 went in for Brown and on the ensuing exchange of kicks repeated Brown's feat by carrying the pigskin 48 yards for the final score of the scrimmage...
...only when A. O. Fordyce '28, scrub end, intercepted a pass that Coach Knox's men were able to make any considerable gain. The first University score came with team B on the field. With the ball in his own territory G. C. Holbrook '30 kicked short and the pigskin went to the second at mid-field. S. C. Burns '30 then intercepted a pass and covered the 50 yards necessary for a touchdown. G. E. Donaghy '29 put the ball between the uprights with a placement kick. In scoring their second touchdown the regulars showed evidences of sustained power...
...object in socker* to kick a round inflated pigskin into a rectangular net, known as goal. But human, feet often err; smite opponents in the shins, groins, stomachs...
...birthday, last week. Five minutes after I reached my desk (at 9:45 as usual), my secretary produced many a telegram. My reading of them was interrupted by the arrival of more flowers, which I sniffed appreciatively. Soon a delegation of our office managers trooped in, bringing me a pigskin suitcase. I thanked them and tried to resume my morning's work, when in came Otto, company chef, in spotless white. He wished me fortune. Other employes streamed in during the morning. Finally, just before I went home to celebrate with my wife, six children and seven grandchildren...