Word: attempted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proposed attempt of Wright and Bemis to break the record for the seven mile walk has been postponed. Yesterday the air was too cold and the wind too strong...
...attempt will be made on Holmes Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Messrs. E. C. Wright, '86, and H. H. Bemis, '87, to lower the record for the seven mile walk. The present record, sixty-five minutes, was made by Taylor, some twelve years...
...university does not depend upon its financial resources wholly, but that time and a high standard of instruction are fully as essential. Now that an truly extraordinary opportunity is offered to the West to try the experiment of carrying on a great educational institution, we hope that some attempt will be made to raise the standard of instruction in the West, and that the present complaints against the conduct of western colleges as compared with the government of those in the East will be no longer justly made. We wish the new university every success, and trust that...
...free catch was obtained, and Adams securing the ball scored touch-down number two. This was again punted out and a fine catch made, but Fisk failed to kick a goal. The ball then stayed for a little while about eighty-nine's twenty-five yard line, all attempt to get it further up the field proving of no use, as the strong wind effectually stopped the freshman half-backs from kicking far. Eighty-six had many chances to score which were lost through bad fumbling and careless passing. In spite of these drawbacks, they scored fairly rapidly. Burnett, Vogel...
...ball was put in play it went down towards the freshmen's goal, and soon eighty-six had the ball down right under eighty-nines' goal posts. Fisk tried for a goal from the field, but he failed to estimate the power of the wind properly, and the attempt was unsuccessful. This gave the freshmen the kick-off at the twenty-five yard line. The ball was given to Morse, who carried it well down to the middle of the field, and then passed it to Scott, who carried it past everybody, right down to eighty-six's line, making...