Word: tussing
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Pennsylvania became the first notable destroyer of the season. The brothers Scull (Paul & Folwell) led a shattering attack that mastered Brown for the first time since Tuss McLaughry became coach at Providence in 1926. With an untried line, Penn faced the famed Brown "Iron Men" nervously. Through the first half both teams kicked steadily, hoping for a fumble on the wet field. There was no score. Brown took a desperate chance in the third quarter, throwing a forward pass deep in home territory. Folwell Scull intercepted, scored. Brown recovered a fumbled kick, made a touchdown; failed to kick the goal...
...Ormond ("Tuss") McLaughry, Brown football coach, paid tribute at an alumni dinner to eleven other iron men— the Brown football team that played through the season undefeated.* He derided the idea that he fed his protégés on milk. "Music," he said, "is what makes Iron Men. The players depend on rhythm and morale, and unless you have a singer or two on the squad you have a tough time keeping up the morale. Whenever we were in the train on the way to a game I always made them start a song...