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Word: yd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nestled in the crook of Schoellkopf crescent, chanted their plea for a touchdown. The game was only ten minutes old, but their beloved Big Red had already crossed Columbia's goal line once, had just intercepted a Columbia pass, and there they were on the visitors' 20-yd. line. Go they did - for another touchdown in the second quarter, two more in the third. As twilight settled above Cayuga's waters, Cornell had scored its fifth straight victory this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Red | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

...natural athlete, Harmon was a 14-letter man (football, baseball, basketball, track) at high school, was Indiana State champion at the 100-yd. dash and 220-yd low hurdles. On the football field, he is fast as a jack rabbit. His speed, and his uncanny sense of anticipation, a formidable straight arm, powerful leg drive that shakes off tacklers like tenpins, a confounding change of pace and rumba hips, make a Harmon touchdown run a memorable performance. In addition to his ball-carrying talents, he is a better-than-average blocker, passer, punter, placekicker, quick-kicker and kickoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greater Than Grange | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

Handicapped by injuries, the Bunny eleven held the stronger Kirkland time and again, but a 10-yd pass from Jack Addington to Chuck Griffith who ran 20-yds for the score, spelled defeat for Leverett, the second in three starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS BEATS DUDLEY 14-0 ON PASSING; LEVERETT HOLDS KIRKLAND TO 6-0 WIN | 10/24/1940 | See Source »

...took all the first half for the Gold Classiers to fathom the off-tackle smashes of Johnny Gautosuosso, 22b-1b Dudley back. In the third period the Gold Coasters unloosed a smooth-functioning air attack that finally broke the tie. George Kuhn grabbed a 30-yd pass from Bob James and raced over for the score. Tom Lacy added the extra point with a placement Kick. The same combination brought the second score in the fourth quarter after a 35-yd march...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS BEATS DUDLEY 14-0 ON PASSING; LEVERETT HOLDS KIRKLAND TO 6-0 WIN | 10/24/1940 | See Source »

...yapping sea lions which have plagued the world's best golfers. There last week 164 golferines gathered for the 44th U. S. Women's Amateur. To make the course less formidable, four of its holes had been shortened-paring 113 yards off the dog-tiring, 6,661-yd. course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ladies at the Beach | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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