Word: yd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Plunging into this black morass with flashlights, hunting parties finally came across a 100-yd. scar in the forest which looked as if a giant scythe had slashed diagonally down through the trees. At one end were a few lopped branches, at the other the crunched remnant of The Southerner's cabin. In between was a confetti of duralumin, mail, cloth, hunks of flesh. Part of a wing was wrapped around a tree 40 ft. off the ground. Blood stains began high on tree trunks, gradually descended until they smeared the stumps. Everywhere was the reek of gasoline...
...baseball game. All-America Sam Baugh, who pegs a football like a pitcher, stepped over the end zone while attempting a pass, automatically gave L. S. U. two points. A few minutes later, he directed an attack which brought his team to L. S. U.'s 26-yd. line. From there Tilly Manton arched a field goal to put Texas Christian's Horned Frogs one jump ahead...
...jammed the 30,000 seats of Texas Christian's incompleted stadium and paid to stand on the surrounding hillside knew that the issue would really be settled by Sam Baugh's right arm versus Bobby Wilson's two legs. The Methodist Mustangs began by marching 73 yd. for the first touchdown. Both teams scored in the second period, but something was wrong with the Horned Frogs' ends and backs. In all, Texas Christian tried 45 passes. Though Sam Baugh was shooting them right into their arms, his receivers could not hold them. Even so, Texas Christian...
...predicted, Joe Vollmer, substitute halfback for the mediocre Columbia Lions, romped 63 yd. in the last quarter through eleven surprised Dartmouth Indians, to win the game...
...panted the long, wavering line. Suddenly the pace stepped up. A mile from home, Venzke was slightly in the van. Easily No. 129 shot forward. Venzke tried to match the spurt. For a few seconds they ran neck & neck. Then No. 129 torpedoed ahead, breezing by the tape 20 yd. in the lead. Time...