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...Stadium. Coach Fisher gave Team A the ball on its 20-yard line. By fast and powerful linebucks, the University team easily carried the ball to midfield. Spalding, Hammond, Gehrke, and Miller worked with the precision usually found in a backfield toward the middle of the season. The pigskin was then returned to the University's 30-yard line, and Team A again drove it to midfield. The ball was moved about by the coaches arbitrarily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A AND B TEAMS SCORE ONCE EACH IN FIRST SCRIMMAGE | 9/25/1924 | See Source »

...Davis, and doubtless will help to heal any little wounds still left by the titanic struggle of the Convention. Then, one morning, a pile of baggage suddenly appeared on the steps of the Murray Hill Hotel in Manhattan. At the bottom of the pile was a little pigskin suitcase marked: "J. W. D., New York," signifying that the candidate had returned from his rest in the woods of Maine to activity in the eastern centre. Shortly afterward, he issued a statement giving practical support to his running mate, Charles W. Bryan, who had attacked Defense Day as advocated by President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Preliminaries | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

...little pigskin suitcase marked "J. W. D., New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Aug. 11, 1924 | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDDLEBURY MASHES HARVARD OFFENSIVE | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FALL BLASTS | 10/6/1923 | See Source »

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