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...team uses a converted lacrosse defense, the Maryland Ride, for clearing the goal. The goaltender holds the ball and doesn't kick until the forwards are in position upfield...
...week, while his Chicago Bears squeaked past the Detroit Lions 21-20, Owner-Coach George Stanley Halas, 60, raged along the sidelines with the energy of a rookie. He might just as well have put himself back in the lineup. When Fullback Chick Jagade lowered his head and bucked upfield on the first play from scrimmage, Halas dug in and drove with him. Then Jagade fumbled. Halas stopped in horror. His foot came back and he kicked an imaginary ball right out of the field in disgust. Nervous substitutes kept a careful eye on their coach. They can still remember...
Pale and earnest Hugh Cross seemed destined to warm benches while first-stringers flashed upfield. Eventually he became Republican lieutenant-governor of Illinois, served without public notice for eight years (1940-48) until the Democrats, headed by new Governor Adlai Stevenson, moved into the capitol. In 1949 Harry Truman put Hugh Cross on the bipartisan Interstate Commerce Commission; four months ago, the rotating chairmanship finally reached him. Last week, out in midfield at 59, Hugh Cross was caught in the latest congressional investigation of a conflict-of-interest case...
Hodnett's winning tally, his ninth marker of the season, was scored on as pretty a play as the Crimson has put together all season. Tubman, playing center forward, dribbled the ball upfield until he was about 25 yards away from the nets, and then skidded a pass to Hank Holmes, moving in from outside left. Holmes advanced until nearly at the end line, then passed to Hodnett in front of the cage, and Hodnett converted for the clincher...
...Crimson's first try came with the game five minutes old, when fly-half Jerry Marsh dived on a loose ball after Nat Cooke had broken upfield. Frate converted, and added his penalty kick four minutes later...