Word: shinning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last Saturday's game against Penn outside right Ken McIntosh suffered a bruised shin and right half John Hadik developed an infected heel. Both will be out of action for several days. Right fullback Don Beaver, who has played most of the season with a sprained right ankle, is a doubtful starter...
...Cover) His legs are buckled into clumsy shin guards; his face is hidden by the metal grille of a heavy mask. Behind him, vague and impersonal, rises the roar of the crowd. His chest is covered with a corrugated protective pad, and his big mitt is thrust out as if to fend off destruction. Exactly 60 ft. 6 in. straight ahead of him, the pitcher looms preternaturally large on his mound of earth. As he crouches close to the ground, his field of vision gives him his own special view of the vast ballpark. The white foul lines stretch...
Happily for watch-standers, all decks are covered with a composition tile that is a lot easier on the feet than the usual naked steel. Fluorescent lighting has replaced the traditional harsh, caged lightbulbs of older ships. Hatch-openings, rocket launchers and other shin-cracking hazards are sprinkled with buttons that glow at night. Throughout, the ship is a symphony in color-dynamics: "Sarasota brown," "Clipper blue," pastel green. Marine prints and woodcuts adorn the bulkheads...
...slambang afternoon, including a few gashed faces, a lot of body bruises and an occasional bloody shin. Blond Ron Beagle, who offsets his clumsiness with the crosse by his ferocious shoulder blocks, rattled ribs all over the field. It was just this sort of overaggressive play that meant the end of Navy's record of 19 straight victories. With the score tied 8-8 in the final quarter, Beagle and a teammate wound up in the penalty box. Maryland's Charlie Wicker, best player on the field, promptly set up the play that scored the winning goal...
...Journal advocated the wearing of foam rubber shoulder pads quilted and padded sweaters, shin guards, and plastic instead of leather cleats. However, "protective clothing much as worn by American footballers hardly seems justified," it added...