Word: seesawing
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...rest of the week the battle below Wonju was a seesaw. Several times Hill 247, a half-mile-long crest two miles south of the town, changed hands. One day, 6,000 screaming North Koreans drove the doughfeet off the hill, set up mortars on it and poured fire on nearby U.S. positions. After artillery and air attacks had silenced the enemy mortars, the Americans retook the hill. They abandoned it again after dark, without a fight...
...powerful center of the Lord Jeff line then started to roll. However, during the next 30 minutes of seesaw play, fine checking back and defensive play by halfbacks Pants Pantaleonl, Bill Engstrom, and Harding smothered the enemy scoring threat...
...last two seasons, freckle-faced Francis ("Reds") Bagnell had been a pretty good country halfback for the University of Pennsylvania, but there was never a stampede to pick him for the All-America. Last week, in a thrilling seesaw with Dartmouth on Franklin Field, Penn's captain wrote "Bagnell" into the records big enough for all the pickers...
...contest was characterized by a seesaw battle around the midfield territory. Hard-driving Kirkland backs "Slug" Dolan and Jack Greenberg gained yardage at midfield, but the Commuter line held once it was within its own territory. Guard Paul Devergie and tackle Jack Whittacker played well for the Commuters...
...Assembly. Independent candidates, many hostile to President Syngman Rhee, had won 130 of the 210 seats, and the firmly anti-Rhee Democratic Nationalist Party had won 23. The six parties definitely committed to support the President commanded only 50 seats. Indicating a continuation of his long seesaw battle with the Assembly, the election marked a personal and tactical blow to Syngman Rhee...