Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...invader of 1920. Valparaiso was a "mystery" team about which the Crimson strategists knew comparatively little. Indiana is not. And unless Coach Steihm has pulled the wool completely over the eyes of this year's gridiron followers, his team this afternoon will display a conservative brand of football with trick plays and forwards reserved for a last-minute score-at-any-cost emergency...
...victory was not decided until the last event, the 220-yard dash, was over. At the start of the race Princeton was ahead, and it was necessary for the University runners to get at least six points to win. Gourdin and Chapin, placing first and third, turned the trick, and the meet was won. Gourdin again broke his record in the broad-jump, this time with a jump of 24 feet 6 inches, one and a half inches more than the official Intercollegiate record, and as far as is known the best jump ever made in an American College meet...
Judy soon learns of the trick played upon her, rages with all the fury of a woman, and swears eternal hatred for Jim. The latter, however, is not daunted by this momentary outbreak and daunted by this momentary outbreak and continues his well-planned campaign with fearless energy. Judy finally repents and the two are reunited...
Harvard followed with a hall of successful drives. Bigelow twisted his way through the Blue team for a goal from under Root's nose. Three minutes later Snelling picked the rubber out of scrimmage for the fourth tally, and within a few seconds Emmons repeated the trick. Half a minute from the close of the period Baker caught a pass from behind the cage for Number Six. With the return of the first line in the third period the University offense was maintained with renewed vigor. Bacon registered a clever score from a mix-up in front of the goal...
...opinion Captain Horween is a marvelous defensive player. The way he sized up some of our complicated trick forward passes was a surprise. He is a sure tackler, a good line plunger; a clever drop-kicker. When Owen, Churchill and Fitzgerald are in the backfield with him, it is a most formidable combination...