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Second tally came late in the fourth quarter, when Danny Gorenstein tossed the pigskin to the ever-present Cummings who went to the two. Gorenstein piled through center on two plays to push the total to 12, and to cap the climax, Cummings snatched a three-yard for the conversion...

Author: By Dan H. Fenn jr., | Title: Funsters Upset Littlemen 6 to 0 Dudley Hands Eliot 13 to 0 Loss | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

...final six points were run up in the second quarter of the game, when, after a long march which was featured by the running of left halfback Conroy and fullback Piper, the latter carried over from the three-yard stripo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House News | 10/8/1937 | See Source »

...week of such adversity Franklin Roosevelt, who once likened himself to a quarterback calling signals from play to play as the football game developed, astounded the whole stadium full of politicians. Quarterback Roosevelt, having called for a line plunge on the Court Plan's three-yard line, found himself set back to the middle of the field. In the new situation he called for another plunge through the centre of the line, made a direct demand that the Court Bill be passed (see p. 10). Political observers scratched their heads, wondered what was passing through the quarterback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Quarterback's Surprise | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

Intercepting a pass on his own ten-yard line, Elliot B. Knowlton '38 ran 90 yards to tally the losers' first score, but Lowell failed to convert. In the third period Knowlton ran back a punt to the Deacons' 20-yard stripe, Mark H. Cornell '37 shot a pass to A. Judson Wells, Jr. '38, Knowlton gained seven yards off tackle, and Clarence A. Beehower, Jr. '37 scored from the three-yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 11/5/1936 | See Source »

...Barrett was the scorer of the afternoon for the B team. He took the ball over from the three-yard line after he had moved it up into a scoring position by a 15-yard run. Very few of the players used against Holy Cross took part in the scrimmage, and all of the A backs were given the day off. The squad has been reduced to 41 by a cut which sent two men to the Jayvees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CASEY SENDS B OUTFIT THROUGH SLOW DRILL | 10/24/1933 | See Source »

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