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Word: yardful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sustained winning streak teame between 1902 and 1907, when the Eli took six straight games without allowing Harvard a single point. The string was broken by Percy Hanghton's 1908 eleven, which triumphed, 4 to 0, at New Haven, when Vic Kennard dropkicked a field goal from the 28-yard line. These were the days when men still dropkicked, and field goals counted four points instead of three...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Stars, Changes, Tradition Feature H-Y Series | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...Yard championships remain in doubt as yet, as the Freshman Intramural Touch Football Tournament goes into its final week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Crown Still Undecided; Lionel, Holworthy Leading | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...league champions will meet later in the week to deciide the yard championship. The other remaining games in both leagues will have no bearing upon the championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Crown Still Undecided; Lionel, Holworthy Leading | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

Born and brought up within walking distance of the Yard, and graduated from Cambridge High and Latin School, Anderson never had any doubt about which college he would attend. He entered Harvard in 1925. Since he had always been interested in music and had written his first composition at the age of 12, he majored in that subject...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: "Sort of In-Between" | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...athletes used everything but brass knuckles to hold Army scoreless. The Army gave back as good as it got, with elbows and clenched fists. In a frantic effort to keep the game under control, officials expelled two players from the game (one from each team). Army was penalized 147 yards, including seven 15-yard penalties for major fouls; Fordham was set back 131 yards, 120 yards of it for similar fouls. Even the 278-yard penalty total didn't tell the whole story: over 100 yards of penalties were declined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scuffling Cinderellas | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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