Word: yds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lowenstein pass gave Harvard the ball on the Tiger 30 yard line. On the third down, Lowenstein picked off Warden on the three yard stripe. Warden, who was five steps ahead of Princeton's first string safety-man, went over for the first Crimson score. STATISTICS Princeton Harvard Yds. gained, rushing 443 27 First downs 23 12 Forward passes 12 38 Passes completed 5 17 Yds. Gained, passing 117 258 Punts 6 8 Punt average 25 31.2 Yds. penalized...
...Manhattan, the roughhouse New York Giants, 17-13, over the powerhouse Cleveland Browns, by limiting Cleveland Passer Otto Graham to a net of 47 yds...
Halfback Bagnell completed 20 out of 29 passes for 276 yds. Fourteen of the completions came in a row, to break an old record (ten in a row) set by Cornell's Lynn Dorset in 1947. In 18 carries he ripped through Dartmouth for 214 yds. Total Bagnell yardage: 490 (out of Penn's 590 for the day), to break the alltime individual yardage record (458 yds.) set by Indiana University's All-America Bob Hoernschemeyer against Nebraska in 1943. Penn...
...record in such matters appears to belong to the late Bill ("Bojangles") Robinson, who could, and often did, demonstrate his speed at running backwards. His best time: 8.2 sec. for 75 yds...
...Harriet ("Babe") Hansen, who at 50 is an experienced rancher, ex-sergeant in the WAC, forest ranger, and wilderness guide, won the Republican nomination for sheriff of Boise County. Said sturdy "Babe," who wears a 10-gallon hat, reportedly can pick the eye out of a grouse at 100 yds., and has shot 75 mountain lions: "I think I'm qualified...