Word: toe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Emery, the juggling waiter, who was scheduled to juggle everything from plates to cannonballs at the Union's annual Christmas dinner tonight, will not be able to appear. This was announced last night when it was learned that he was injured when he let a cannonball drop on his toe during practice for tonight's performance...
...their shirts, their linemen bulged through the Syracuse line, their backfield bulged right past the Syracuse goal, twice. In addition, Trojan Hawkins kicked a field goal. The Californians clearly outdid their visitors. Only twice did they permit big John McBride of Syracuse to get near enough to try his toe at a field goal. And both these times big John was disconcerted. End Adams and Centre Cravath of the Trojans left few laurels for others. Score: Southern California 16, Syracuse...
...John McBride of Syracuse bided his time at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan. When his time came, at three different moments, he applied his toe to the ball with great care and propelled three spinning field goals over Columbia's goal. Backs Koppisch and Pease of Columbia played smart, shifty football but the Syracuse line was too cool and collected for them. Only once did Koppisch slither by. Score: Syracuse 9, Columbia...
Yale attempted six drop kicks. Five were badly mixed up, but the one that was successful more than made up for the others. Whether it was intuition or implicit faith in Scott's toe that impelled Bunnell to call for a drop kick when he had only one yard to make in one down will never be known, but the result justified his choice. Standing on the Tiger's 44 yard line, Scott booted a powerful kick that sailed between the uprights as perfectly as if propelled by a machine...
Scott Shows Educated Toe...