Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...addition to tough opposition, the Crimson is worried about two other difficulties. Practices of the past few days have been poorer than those of the last two weeks; also, like the football team, the booters will have two key operatives sidelined because of the Medical Aptitude Test, which is being held simultaneously with the game...
Winthrop was in tough straights all afternoon. Bob Cameron, high speed specialist of the Puritan offense, got away on a 35 yard run and the only touchdown of the game on a fake reverse. From then on the Gold Coasters took over virtual control of the ball and late in the fourth quarter pushed it deep into Winthrop territory...
...Mexico, former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson has only a narrow estimated lead over Republican candidate Patrick Hurley. Elsewhere in the West, Democratic Senators Ed Johnson and James Murray are having tough battles in Colorado and Montana against polished and wellheeled opponents...
...tough, clean game all the way, with the final decision hanging fire until only a minute of play remained. Chip Gannon and Charley Roche played magnificently on both offense and defense; Howle Houston and Phil Isenberg lived up to the expectations of their first three games...
What gain may accrue from the game will be in organization and poise. For two weeks now the team has lost tough games, but has retained its group co-ordination to the last. Sooner or later, this will pay off in winning scores