Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...inch, and soon pulled away an inch or so more. Balch caught Perry as he came down to heave and the ribbon was six inches on the '88 side. Perry, by skillful handling of the rope and by the plucky work of the team, succeeded in getting back all but an inch. The '88 team, however, pulled away three inches again, and when time was called the rope was four inches on their side of the line. The teams were as follows: '88-1, E. A. Pease; 2, C. H. Baldwin; 3, P. Chase; anchor, F. G. Balch...
Rule 12 to be amended so that in a scrimmage the player putting the ball in play cannot pick it up after setting it in motion until it touches a third man, when the ball is kicked forward as well as when it is snapped back. The opposing centre-rush to count as the second man when the ball is kicked forward. This prevents the centre-rush from picking up the ball from his own kick in the scrimmage...
...Cowles of the '86 crew, and Capt. John Rogers of the '87 crew, are both still in the University, and an effort has been made to get them to row. So far it has met with no success. If Caldwell, Cowles and Rodgers would all consent to go back into the boat Yale could put a crew on the water that would be almost invincible...
...land in the Port bounded by Main, Inman and Bigelow streets and extending back 250 feet on the two latter streets has been selected as the site for the new Cambridge City Hall which Mr. F. H. Rindge has offered to build...
...there is any college team which deserves the hearty support of Harvard College, and which is, instead, shamefully neglected, it is the Lacrosse team. Year after year this team has trained patiently without any encouragement from the college. Year after year it has brought back the championship to Harvard, sometimes all alone in its glory. And what comes of it? Is any celebration arranged in honor of the event? Are the members of the winning team rewarded even with the faintest praise for their exertions and success? Are cups voted them? The CRIMSON devotes half a column to an editorial...