Word: backed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Lays Tompkins, on his back...
...stroke is abolished, and several crooked little points are also done away with. In the new stroke, the reach is shorter than heretofore, to insure a strong and steady grip of the water, and to save the additional exertion formerly used in putting the blade back. In feathering, the blade will be horizontal instead of at an angle of forty-five degrees. As soon as the blade is far enough back, the head is thrown back, and the catch is immediate and strong. Instead of continuing the slide to a definite number of inches, the whole is used, thus giving...
...fling some insult back...
...touch down several times, for safety. The two Cushings, and Morse, of Harvard, and McNair, of Princeton, made several fine plays. About ten minutes before the first three-quarters had expired, McNair got a chance for a drop-kick, and kicked a goal. The ball was then forced back to Princeton's goal; and two touch-downs were made, for safety. After a rest of ten minutes play was resumed, Harvard having the wind in her favor. The ball was soon forced to Princeton's goal; and at one time Winsor, by a fine drop-kick, missed a goal...
With this brilliant record to look back upon, our men played to win last Saturday. Britannia won the toss, and played with the wind, which was blowing hard. Harvard kicked off, and the sides were so much more evenly matched than in the previous game, that the ball was kept for the most part in the middle of the ground. Before the end of the first half-hour, however, Winsor kicked a goal, - the only one scored during the game. In the last half, Britannia had only fourteen men, as P. S. Ross had been severely hurt. They did their...