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Word: shiftly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...With no shift, such as the Harvard T-to-single-wing, Princeton depends on its fullback and wingback for flanker work, with an occasional split end or doubling of the ends on one side of the line. Such a setup allows coach Charley Caldwell to throw as many as three men--and sometimes even four--into the same zone. This utilizes the strong arm of young Mr. Kazmaier to the full...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Drills Heavily in Second Day Practice | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

Founding his estimates, in part, on the report of the President's Commission on Higher Education, Harris foresees a downward shift of college graduates' occupational expectancies as the only cure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harris Forecasts Grad Job Dearth | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

...Freshmen, who have been unable to score in the last two games, will be counting on the latest shift in the forward wall for the scoring punch which they desperately need. Captain Win Knowlton has been switched from right outside to an inside slot while Dick Michler has been moved to the wing position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Encounter Nichols Soccer Team | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

...Crafty Shift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twice-Downed '53 Eleven Tackles Undefeated Exeter Squad Today | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

Lamar has also perfected the most complicated shift in all football history. It cannot be explained without diagrams, but suffice it to say that only two men remain in the game position as the team moves from the T to the single wing, and that the left halfback in the T ends up at wingback in the single wing right formation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twice-Downed '53 Eleven Tackles Undefeated Exeter Squad Today | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

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