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...toddy tappers of Tamil Nadu triumphed last week after 23 years of temperance. Toddy is a potent and pungent Indian drink fermented from palm sap, traditionally collected by tappers who scamper daily to treetops to retrieve earthenware pots filled with sap tapped from the trees. But toddy tapping became a near-forgotten craft after 1948, when Tamil Nadu responded to a plea by Mohandas Gandhi to save Indians-and their pay envelopes -from toddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Return of the Toddy Tappers | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

...games this season, he has already scored seven touchdowns and gained 491 yds., for an average of 6.6 yds. a carry. The best ball handler of all the Heisman hopefuls, he has more than once faked out the entire defense -and the TV cameramen as well-to scamper for long yardage. Sticking close to Coach Woody Hayes' grind-it-out game plan, Kern is no razzle-dazzler. All he does is win. In three seasons, "King Rex," as he is called in Columbus, has led the Buckeyes to 22 victories in 23 games. This season, heading what local promoters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hustling the Heismam Hopefuls | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

What proved to be the Crimson's final touchdown came early in the fourth quarter on a six-play drive with two carries each by Crone. Ted DeMars, and Steve Hall. The touchdown came on a 23-yard scamper by Crone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Team Tops Brown | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

...Bears went ahead later in the first quarter on a two-yard plunge by Dan Walus. Curt Zingaris set up the touchdown with a 49-yard scamper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Sports Bears Take Two Games From Yardling Squads | 11/14/1970 | See Source »

...long runs-a 30-yard scamper by wing Bucky Hayes and a 45-yard dash down the sidelines by forward Phil Zuckerman-set up two tries for the Harvard rugby team as it defeated Princeton Saturday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Top Princeton: Wet Field Slows Play in 11-3 Win | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

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