Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...again Saxe muffed Thayer's kick and Pennsylvania got the ball. Blanchard stopped Hulme and Fearing tackled Valentine. Thayer could not gain and four downs gave the ball to Harvard. Blanchard started to rush and dropped the ball, but Pennsylvania could make no gain and Thayer kicked. Valentine rushed ahead and dropped on the ball at Harvard's twenty-five yard line. Thayer and Saxe kicked and Harvard finally got the ball. Stickney made a fine gain of twenty-five yards, warding off well with his arms. Trafford followed with a rush of fifteen yards but Pennsylvania got the ball...
...took Fearing's place in the second-half. Harvard had the ball and Harding made ten yards at the kick off. He fumbled it in a moment, however, and Pennsylvania began forcing it ahead. Valentine and Hulme went through the Harvard rushers at will and the ball was at Harvard's ten-yard line. Thayer fumbled and P. Trafford fell on the ball. Trafford kicked and P. Trafford picked up the leather and rushed 15 yards. Lee and Saxe fumbled badly, but Harvard luckily kept the ball. On Saxe's fumble again, Pennsylvania got the ball and Hulme, Valentine...
...English system of rowing. The science of rowing has not remained inthe state in which has not remained in the state in which Mr. Cook found it in 1872. The progressive spirit of this century has shown itself in the science of rowing, and while Americans are ahead in the science of rigging, Englishmen are probably ahead in the science of rowing, on account of their superior leg work. In 1885 Mr. Storrow paid a good deal of attention ts leg work with excellent results; since then Yale has improved her leg-work but not at the expense of other...
...Harvard's ten yard line where '93 secured it. Johnson kicked well and the game was soon in the middle of the field. Ritchie gained 15 yards for Exeter, but Stothers was forced to kick the ball and Brice had it down for Harvard. Fairchild, Parker and Johnson forced ahead and Johnson ran around the end and scored a touchdown. Time, 25 minutes. In the attempt for a goal Ellsworth ran across the line and dropped on the leather, scoring another tonchdown. Goal. Score 10-0. Time was called soon after the ball was brought...
...Should the hares reach home ahead of the hounds by a greater amount of time than that given them at the start, plus five minutes, they and the first hound in shall receive prizes, but should they fail in this, the first two hounds in shall receive prizes...