Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...descending graph of lynchings indicates their disappearance in 20 years. Lynchings for 1929 were one less than for 1928, six less than for 1927, nine less than for 1926. Score by States: Florida, 4; Texas, 3; Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, 1 each. For the last 40-year lynching period, Georgia leads with 434 Negroes killed by mobs. Mississippi is next with 409, Louisiana third with...
...American Pest Welch of Purdue did not score, but he banged up the lighter Southwest line so badly that his friends went through without much trouble. Grubbs of Texas Christian throwing passes to Geis of Arkansas got the Southwest out of trouble for a while, but not permanently. Midwest 25, Southwest...
...weeks. A whistle pricked the piled heat, and a minute later trim, curly-haired, squat Toby Uansa of Pittsburgh jumped through left tackle, snaked 68 yards. His wits spun after the tackle and he played in too close. Racehorse Russell Saunders twitched the ball to Edelson for one score, Arbelbide fell on a fumble that brought in another. Wild Pitt plunges and passes in the second half made a score, but the big Trojan line was charging properly, Duffield's boot lifting the ball as though it were full of gas and Racehorse Russell's cleats cutting turf...
Technique. The fronton is a three-walled court about two-thirds as long as a football field. As in all court games, a player scores a point by acing his opponent or making him fault. Winning score varies from 6 (elimination singles) to 30 (elimination doubles). In elimination singles matches, two players start; when one loses a point he sits down and does not get on the court again until his turn comes. Bets are made on teams, on separate matches, on the length of time one player will hold the court. In a doubles match the players move...
Norwich has an unusually weak team this year, having been decisively defeated four times in four meets. Their latest drubbing occurred on Wednesday, when they opposed Dartmouth at Hanover and were humbled, 52 to 11. Most of the points they did score were on long shots, as they had difficulty breaking through the Indian defense. The Crimson players should have little difficulty in piling up a one sided score, as their season has been a prosperous one so far, despite one defeat at the hands of the powerful Columbia combination during the vacation...