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Word: scarer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...game was played according to soccer rules, and Princeton went down, 6 to 4. Tiger players mapped a strategy for the game. When they lined up for the play, they let out a blood-souring yell that the Confederates had used during the civil war. It was called a "scarer," and probably took more out of Princeton than Rutgers. Princeton players used up so much wind yelling that they hadn't enough left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Modern Football Begun at Harvard and Princeton | 11/10/1951 | See Source »

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