Word: playing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cried Democratic Gunner Harrison of Mississippi: "I come from a part of the country where people don't believe much in working Saturday afternoon. I share that view. We have had long hours here. Let's see some football, take an auto ride, play golf. We need recreation...
There will be a grid graph of the Harvard-Michigan game at the Stadium this afternoon, a play-by-play account being wired from Ann Arbor...
...greatest traditions of this rivalry is the annual struggle for the "little brown jug." When old Michigan teams traveled to play Minnesota, they carried their water in a number of brown jugs, painted with the Michigan colors. One year, however, it was found that one of the jugs was missing. Every place was searched, but the container could not be found anywhere in connection with the Michigan team. The incident was more or less forgotten, until the next year, when, at the game at Ann Arbor, the Minnesota supporters appeared on the field with the brown jug, repainted with Minnesota...
Outplaying their opponents from the kickoff to the final whistle, the Harvard 1932 eleven downed the Yale 1930 team yesterday at New Haven 26 to 0. Frank Watt II '32 scored the first touchdown of the Harvard class champions on the second play after the kickoff, when he raced 60 yards through a broken field to score. W. E. Hutchins '32 kicked the goal...
Once the ball is out, both packs break up and take part in the ordinary play. The back who has received the ball passes it to another player as soon as he is in danger of being tackled and this process keeps up usually until a player is downed, when the packs immediately form again. This style of running and passing, somewhat similar to basketball, is a large part of the game. However, passing must always be to a man who is is back of the passer. If there is no one available the man may drop the ball...