Word: play
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...guinea pig he used was a single play of the Dartmouth football team. The movements of the backs are given in the black-bordered portion of the diagram below, and it may be noted that their actions in the five variations of the play are identical in each case for the major part of the play...
...variation three (lower left) he fakes to both the right half and the fullback, continues veering back and to the left and finally whirls-around to throw a pass. The last two plays everybody should remember. Quarterback Clayton faked again to both backs, clapped the ball on his hip and galloped around end on a bootleg play, provided the defensive halfbacks didn't rush...
...play came in the last few minutes of the tightly fought contest. Both teams expected a pass when Miss Coolidge charged through the forward line to drive a neatly placed shot past the unsuspecting goalie...
Another example of feathered intelligence was a pigeon used last year, who was taught to play a seven-note tune on a piano--more than a great many people...
...line also blocked three Exeter punts, as good an indication as any of its domination of play...