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Word: shortly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University backfield once again gave promise of unusual scoring ability by tearing off a series of long runs to bury the scrubs under the short end of a 29 to 0 count, in the fourth scrimmage of the year held yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRILLIANT DASHES MARK SCRIMMAGE | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

Each of the four touchdowns was the result of a brilliant dash by one of the fleet Crimson backs. The last score was actually made on a short line buck but a 25-yard run by T. W. Gilligan '31 had placed the ball in a threatening position. Captain A. E. French '29, David Guarnaccia '29, and A. W. Huguley '31 accounted for the other touchdowns almost single-handed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRILLIANT DASHES MARK SCRIMMAGE | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...line. G. C. Holbrook '30 pierced left tackle for five more yards. Here the scrub defense stiffened and it took three line bucks by Putnam and Holbrook to cover the remaining five yards, Holbrook carrying the pigskin over. Gilligan's try for the extra point by drop kick fell short by inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRILLIANT DASHES MARK SCRIMMAGE | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...backfield squad is made up of F. S. Grant Jr. '29, G. L. Graves '31, A. W. Huguley '31, G. C. Holbrook '30, and T. G. Moore '29, all capable and mostly experienced material Graves has been doing particularly well so far this fall. He is a short stocky back with plenty of speed and fight, the type that makes a yard or so after he has been hit from all sides. He needs experience but otherwise should make trouble for opposing linemen this fall. Holbrook was among the most promising of last year's new material but an injury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...write her a script. He escapes to New Mexico. She pursues with a sheriff. In self-defense he signs a rival producer's contract, and marries a sub-star from Kansas City, to the luxurious jingle of magnificent jewels, gilt-edged limousines, plum-colored footmen, in short−Hollywood. The author handles his glittering incredible material with staccato brilliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Farce | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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