Word: around
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale held a grand celebration over its victory over Princeton day before yesterday. The students marched around the campus, nine hundred strong and erected a huge bon-fire of tar barrels...
...Blakemore secured it and threw one of the few dangerous shots made, which was cleverly turned aside by Peck. Up to this point the heavy men on the Princeton team had depended a great deal on rushing, and they now showed signs of weakening decidedly. The Harvard fielders ran around them with ease, and fed the ball to the homes, who kept pegging away at goal. Hood finally placed a low, swift shot where the goal keeper failed to reach it, and made the score 2 to 1. Time of this last goal, 8 minutes...
After two minutes intermission, the ball was placed again. From this time on the New York twelve bunched their men around goal, and tried their best to keep the score down. Our defence and centre had things pretty much their own way, and kept supplying the ball to the attack and homes. Hood finally secured a pass from Blodgett and threw our third and last goal. Time, 8 minutes...
...visitors were compelled to leave after twenty minutes of the second half had been played and for twelve minutes after our third goal succeeded in blocking our attack by simply crowding around their posts...
Yale will make a desperate effort to capture the all around championship cup in the Mott Haven games. It has never yet had that pleasure. In putting the shot and throwing the ham mer, in the broad jump, in the 100 yards, and in hurdle, the wearers of the blue and white will probably render a good account of themselves, but parental fears will probably nip their all-around championship aspirations in the bud. The parents of Brooks and Hamilton regard athletic training as just a trifle less dangerous than working a battery on Cemetery Hill, and the blue...