Word: turfing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final event of the day, a cheap claiming race on the inner-turf track at New York's Belmont Park. With a mixed bag of nags running on a spongy grass surface, it was not the easiest race for bettors to sort out, and by the time the field of twelve horses paraded to the post, rain was falling steadily. So it was understandable that many fans had started to drift toward the exits. But something happened during the ninth race on Sept. 23 that stopped the exodus and sent horseplayers back to stare at the tote board with...
...wait. The distinguished looking gentleman in the zebra suit had dropped his yellow hankie to the turf. The disputed ruling: a Harvard gridder had kicked the ball along intentionally. The result: 15 yards against the visitors and a new lease on life for the Pups...
...Bruins handled the Lions via the turf, as Seth Morris (141 yards) and JoJo Jamiel (87) powered the Brown running attack. No matter how good the effect it was not enough, however--an opening loss to Yale, 10-9, and a one-touchdown loss to Penn had erased Brown's title hopes...
...Harvard offense, whiewashed for the fourth time in 12 games, played a solid game but could not consistently unleash clean, hard shots at the Springfield net. "We have to learn how to score on an astro-turf surface. Their small, diagonal passes in front of the net were very effective--they had very good control of the ball," Wood commented...
...Bruins rolled over the Purple defence for 342 yards via the turf. with Joe Jamiel, Marty Moran, Seth Morris and Mark Whipple each striking for long gains. Whipple riddled the Holy Cross defense with his arm, too, tossing 19 bullets for 14 completions and 151 yards...