Word: puritan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After threatening to hit the mark all afternoon, Al Jackson, Puritan back, finally connected in the third quarter with a 20 yard touchdown pass to end Hal Hafner who ran the remaining ten yards to the goal...
Davenport Leads Puritan Attack...
...beginning, Hollis was the meagre roof over the sombre heads of young men studying for the Puritan ministry. The gift of a prudent merchant to a struggling college, the bare wooden rooms and cell-like studies were the omnipresent manifestations of the privations of the early faith. Names such as Mather, Gore, Winthrop are common to the plates that hung on the harsh doors. Zealous advocates of stern religion left these rooms to lead the spiritual life of the northern colonies...
Former Freshman and Varsity player Gershon Ross was the main cog in the Puritan offense, setting up the first touch-down with a long a end sweep in the first quarter and passing to right end Larry Corbett for the second score. Larry Goodale kicked the extra point after the first touchdown, which was scored by Ralph Davenport on a line buck...
After a bouncing Puritan kick had gone into the Dudley end zone, the Rambler players stood around calmly waiting for the referee to put the ball out on the twenty, the usual procedure for a touch back. But Bill Apthorp, who was a little more familiar with the rules, especially the one that says a kickoff is free after it passes the enemy 40-yard line, rushed in and fell on the ball to give Winthrop six points...