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...Bruins gained 17 first downs and 530 yards against a porous Crimson defense. Quarterback Pete Kohut led the onslaught, passing for three scores and bucking through the line for a fourth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bruins Crush'55 Eleven by 46-13 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...Moonlight Bay (Warner) is a folksy period musical somewhat casually adapted from the Penrod stories of Booth Tarkington, whose Seventeen is currently a Broadway musicomedy. Set in an innocent, brightly colored Indiana during World War I, the picture is strictly summer-weight material-thin, porous and not at all wrinkleproof, but comfortably loose and light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

Leading the Crimson attack was Captain Ed Smith, who cut behind a porous Dartmouth defense with a series of effective one-handers to pick up nine field goals and a total of 20 points...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Quintet Fades Green, 67-52 | 1/17/1951 | See Source »

...abrasives and caustic merchandize, the upper layer of fine plastic has been eroded away, exposing the layer of textiles below. Now this leads to two hateful features: First of all, I object to having ravelings of socks in my food, however sterile they may be. But worse yet, the porous fabric becomes impregnated with organic remains of previous meals, and I suspect the resultant deposits of rotting material, socks and food together, form a fine breeding ground for more than one case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Square Meal | 1/11/1951 | See Source »

Lowenstein had his first chance to exploit the porous Tiger pass defense when a ten yard run by wingback Dave Warden and an 18 yard Warden to Lowenstein pass gave Harvard the ball on the Tiger 30 yard line. On the third down, Lowenstein picked off Warden on the three yard stripe. Warden, who was five steps ahead of Princeton's first string safety-man, went over for the first Crimson score. STATISTICS Princeton Harvard Yds. gained, rushing 443 27 First downs 23 12 Forward passes 12 38 Passes completed 5 17 Yds. Gained, passing 117 258 Punts...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Princeton Registers 63-26 Rout For Worst Crimson Beating Yet | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

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