Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rises over the heads of the players, and goes-to the other side. Harvard kicked very little this year. She might have kicked more; she could scarcely have kicked less. Princeton has always been famous for good kickers, and she had a good one this year in her full-back. Yale kicked more than either. There is no doubt that a team must be able to kick well, very well-kick within a few feet of the point desired-and run well, to win the championship of American colleges; yet running is the offensive play and kicking in most cases...
...There is one exception-the goal from the field. It is often the case that the team reaches the opponents' ten-yard line, and is there stopped. Harvard did this several times this year. The pressed team is put on the defensive. Half-backs, quarter-back and sometimes full-back go up into the line. Four men are uncovered and prepared to get through or tackle. The team that has but ten yards to make suddenly finds it has not five yards in three "downs." Then is the time when kicking may win the game. Goals from the field, however...
...running game underwent a change this year. Princeton, last year, ran her half backs between the ends and the tacklers. This year they ran around the end. Having the same men they did better this year, and learned that they were better adapted, considering themselves and the rush lines they were to meet, to run around the end than to try the inside so often. Yale's half-backs were the weak point in the team, and consequently were not used until the game was partly played and the general strength of the opposing team ascertained. Harvard's half-backs...
Some verses of H. S. Sanford have been set to music by Benjamin Carpenter and the song which is entitled "Will e'er my love come back to me" has just been published by Oliver Ditson...
...fact is now beyond dispute that an addition to the gymnasium will be commenced next spring. The expenses are to be defrayed by a donation which is already in the hands of the University authorities. The building is to be erected back of, and will be connected with the north corner of the gymnasium. The material used in building will be brick and the structure will be well lighted, through large glass windows in the roof. The building is to be used as a fives court and base-ball cage but will not contain a swimming pool as has been...