Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only in the last period's desperation passing attack could the Elis move the ball, and they finally scored on a one yard buck by their captain, Al Test...
...Yard police noted no damage or disturbances on any University property. Policemen stood in the doorways of Weld and Matthews Halls keeping a watchful eye on John Harvard even though the pouring rain emptied the Yard of passersby. A lone cry of "Reinhardt" brought no response from the Yard dormitories...
Yale's ball-carriers, principally Levi Jackson, Bull Nadherny, and Tex Furse (remember?), are good, too. Jackson goes through a line faster than you can split an infinitive, and he's dynamite in an open field. He's clicked off 794 yards so far this season, ranking number 17 nationally on total offense. His 41-yard punt average also makes him the country's number 10 booter...
...second half began, it looked as if this were to be the final score, but suddenly Kirkland, apparently marooned in midfield on fourth down, broke loose on a 50 yard pass from Willie Thompson to Bob Snow who scored. This time the extra point came on a fake kick buck lateral around...
...early blocked punt gave the green-shirted New Havenites their first score. They broke through to down the punt on the Eliot three-yard line, and drove over from there...