Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...believe by their persistency. The ground in front of Memorial seems to have been mutually agreed upon as the choicest field of competition, and so the innocent student must run the gauntlet, to enter or leave the Hall, wondering whether the clothes on his back really do belong to him, while numerous agents hop around from one spot to another to comply with police regulations which say they cannot remain in one place more than five minutes. In other words, these clothes dealers are becoming common nuisances, and the sooner they become aware of this and act accordingly the better...
...Freshmen received the kick-off and ran the ball back to the 45-yard line. On two tackle plays Campbell and Frothingham each made fifteen yards. On a successful onside kick the ball was advanced to the 20-yard line. After a series of line plays Winston made a touchdown, and Frothingham kicked the goal. The University team then received the kick-off, and White and Corbett went the length of the field for the second touchdown...
...play deals with the attempt of a European diplomat of Jewish birth to unite his people and lead them back to Palestine. He is hampered by lack of money, due to the indifference of the rich Jewish bankers and the petty dissensions among his followers, who at the end, defeat him and his cause. Lack of funds compels him to abandon his pro- jected colony in Palestine and turn to the more accessible land of Africa. His followers, however, refuse to accept any substitution for the Promised Land, and at the very moment of his supposed triumph, turn against...
Mayhew kicked off to MacKay, who ran the ball back to the 30-yard line. White went through centre for five yards, and Kennard punted to Sprackling on Brown's 33-yard line. After an exchange of kicks Harvard received the ball, and White and Corbett made ten yards on two line plunges. White gained two first downs on centre plays, and had carried the ball down to Brown's 35-yard line, when Cutler's forward pass failed, and the ball went to Brown on the 50-yard line. Brown again received the ball after another exchange of punts...
...after a delayed pass had failed, made first down again. Cutting went around end for five yards, and White had carried the bad to the 14-yard line when Harvard was held for downs. Corbett received Brown's punt on Harvard's 50-yard line, and Cutler punted back to Sprackling, who was downed by Dunlap on Brown's 37-yard line. After MacKay had broken up a play, Brown punted to Corbett. There was an exchange of punts which ended with the ball in Harvard's possession on its 45-yard line. Cutting gained five yards on a delayed...