Word: uncorks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long passes which it is expected the Big Green will uncork tomorrow were tried time and again and more often than not they were successful. Unless the backs improve in this department there is serious danger that whatever good work the line may do will go for naught, as was the case last week against the Cadets...
...strength of most Canadian hockey teams is proverbial, and it will be very unusual if Laval does not uncork a brand of hockey sufficiently strong to test the fitness of the University for the coming games with Yale and Dartmouth...
...offense the westerners made but four first downs during the entire game, all of these coming in the second half. They failed to uncork any weird plays or aerial attack and on only two occasions, one due to a fumble and the other to a blocked kick, had possession of the ball beyond the centre of the field...
...half of the game, the Crimson players seemed to be worried by the uncertainty of what they were up against--the interference was ragged, the linesmen charged feebly, and the backs ran listlessly, often stopping up before they were tackled. As the game progressed and the Westerners failed to uncork any weird plays or aerial attacks, the home eleven gained assurance, and played, in the second half, an aggressive game which netted three touchdowns in the 24 minutes of play. The fact that the Westerners neither gained a first down nor advanced the pigskin across midfield, shows that their offense...
...afternoon developed between Private Patrick McGann and Lieutenant Shum, both of Camp Devens, in the 1500-metre run. Running lock step most of the distance, the pair reached the back stretch together. McGann, who had the pole, gained a few yards on the last corner, but Shum managed to uncork a last-minute sprint that brought him almost even with the private. The judges, after a considerable amount of discussion, awarded the race to McGann...