Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third quarter the Brown eleven finally knotted the count, with center forward Bud Keppler denting the twines midway in the period. And from this point on, the teams were deadlocked in a furious battle to push the deciding marker across...
Speaking to the hopefuls on the first day, Coach Ulen said, "We are now going into a phase of life where the more you push, the better...
Winthrop reached the 20 in the last period on its passing attack, but could not push the ball further. Absent from the Puritan lineup was Gershon Ross, star back, who is out with a sprained ankle for the rest of the season, but Ralph Davenport made a fine showing at the bucking back spot. Ken Fremont-Smith at tackle and Fairfield Goodale at guard sparked the Winthrop line in a contest where both forward walls were very strong...
Playing a team that is as yet an unknown quantity, the Bunnies could not push over a single counter against the strong Dunster line, and for three quarters the game was a see-saw, ding dong affair, with neither side really coming close. Sole exception was the first period goal line stand by the Funsters after an interception deep in their territory...
...Donnell's arms, and the picture on the right would seem to indicate that Cummings was hardly in a position at that moment to touch the ball before Mazur did. Even had Cummings touched it, it appears improbable that being off-balance, he could have exerted enough force to push the ball from five to ten yards back to O'Donnell...