Word: across
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have poured forth through the press in superabundance. Whatever may be their plans, the majority of men in authority agree that adequate steps should be taken for the improvement of our military position. With the theories of all the different methods of modern warfare being proved day by day across the water, we as spectators surely have an enviable opportunity to profit by their experience in settling our serious problem of unpreparedness...
...Freshmen scrimmaged very poorly yesterday, and their listlessness was discouraging in view of the way they played last Saturday. Playing against the University second team they carried the ball to the five-yard line, where they failed in eight attempts to put it across. The Freshman lacked coordination and failed to show their usual power. Selden at centre, and Taylor at quarterback for the seconds played well...
Lead by Captain Mahan, who played with a brilliant versatility, the Harvard offense succeeded in showing some real football, especially in the third quarter, when the Crimson took the ball from Harvard's 18-yard line and carried it straight down the field across the Penn. State goal line. It was an 82-yard march made by short but sure advances, a flash of that plow-like attack that has been used so gloriously by past Harvard teams...
...paragraph from the New York Tribune commending the manner in which the Cornell supporters received the news of their victory. "In place of the wild dash to the gridiron and the rollicking snake dance, the Cornell men stood in their places and sang their college hymn. Then they hurried across the field, and, grouping before the Harvard section, cheered for Harvard." While of course Cornell's display of the victor's courtesy was in order and is appreciated, the fallacy in the Tribune's remark as regards the restraint shown in celebrating deserves notice...
...scoring all three touchdowns in the first period. Worcester's plunging game swept the Freshman line off their feet, and Kelley crossed the goal-line a few minutes after the start. The Freshmen received next, and were forced to punt. Kelley caught the ball in midfield and carried it across for the second touchdown. A few minutes later Kelley and Larkin executed a forward pass that went over the line for the third score...