Word: volleyed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this province. For the large majority of the thousands of spectators it was the first real demonstration of what athletics could do for Chinese youth and what a convincing and enthusiastic demonstration it was. Besides all the events of an American track meet there were tournaments in volley ball, tennis, basketball, soccer and a cross-country run. The student, instead of being the old long-coated dignified and often tubercular scholar, stood revealed as the alert, energetic, quick and strong youth in his trim looking track suit, who had learned all the lessons of self-control, self-discipline and team...
...next inning was featured by a remarkable volley in which the Crimson batters made nine hits out of ten times at bat, scoring seven runs before the Colby fielders could stop the rally. In the sixth the University nine added three more counts to its score when Jenkins got a neat single followed by two doubles by Hallock and Russell...
...game opened with a long spirited scrimmage which lasted well into the period, and it was here that the Crimson's superiority in open in-work and the St. Paul's superiority at the goal was noticed. But after Mason had stopped a volley of shots Ferguson took the aggressive and worked his way into the yearling ice. A misdirected drive glanced from Hammond's guards and went to the draperies scoring the first point. The second tally came in the next period with a bouncing shot from Ferguson after a long scrimmage in which the yearlings had the apparent...
...Peirson after he had received neat passes from forward line men. It was at this point that Caulkins momentarily broke up the attack and drove a futile shot or two towards the Crimson net. But in the last period the yearlings soon curbed the come-back and rained a volley of drives upon Pepper who did some brilliant work at the cage. However, two unexpected shots by Burgess and Mann, both from scrimmages, slipped by him and added the last two tallies to the score...
...meeting of the Association, the membership of which includes over 100 American colleges, there will be reports from the Rules Committees of football, basketball, association football, track, swimming, wrestling, volley ball, and boxing, and also a report by the chairman of the central Board on officials. It will also be determined whether the Association will again hold an intercollegiate field and track meet such as was held in Chicago last June...