Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opponent, and seemed to have the advantage from the very start. Had it not been for the excellent defensive work of the Standish Hall backfield Gore, would have won decisively. G. B. Cramer did some fine line-bucking for Gore, and R.H.Schachet made several good end-runs. The spectacular play of the game was a forward pass, Schacht to Fay, which netted Gore Hall twenty-five yards...
Team B showed a spectacular opening attack when the second eleven kicked off to Doherty, who caught the ball on his own 37-yard line and with good interference and good broken field running, raced to the six-yard line before being brought down. Two rushes followed for slight gains and then Doherty took it over on a line plunge. Later in the scrimmage Pfaffman attempted an unsuccessful field goal from the 35-yard line, but Braden a few moments afterward sent over a beautiful kick from the same distance...
...University eleven swept down the field for two touchdowns in the first eight minutes of play against Middlebury in the opening game Saturday, while a spectacular interception of a forward pass and a brilliant broken field run netted an additional score, giving the Crimson a 20 to 0 victory to start the season...
...last "Brattle" or the busy tradesman seeking the address of the man who has owed him $23.13 since last February will meet with more success that in former years, if a somewhat superficial examination of the class list does not give a wrong impression. This most difficult and least spectacular part of the work of publication seems to have been done with unusual thoroughness and accuracy, much to the credit of the committee...
...opponents to three runs and shut them out in an extra inning while the Pennsylvanians were overcoming the Army lead for a 4-3 victory. In the Georgetown contest he was put in at the end of the fourth to stop a four-run rally, and in a spectacular exhibition he retired his opponents without another hit for the remainder of the contest...