Word: balling
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...foot-ball renown...
...last man I visited that night gave me his reasons for subscribing, and they seemed to be sound ones. "The boat-clubs, the ball nine, the foot-ball team, the goodies, the waiters, and the reading-room deserve some support from students, but the periodicals that discuss undergraduate thought and tell us what is going on around us merit the encouragement of all who are interested in anything outside of their own dinner or their own position on the rank list. As long as I am in college, I intend to take your paper, as well as the Advocate...
SMALL BOY (who has had a big brother in that institution). Going to Harvard! Pooh! I can kick foot-ball...
Lacrosse belongs strictly to America, and has a far better claim to be called the national game than either foot-ball or base-ball. It was played originally by the Indians, although for some time...
...think we need some new game here to rouse the flagging interest in Athletics. The interest in foot-ball has visibly waned, and base-ball is not much better. Lacrosse is superior to foot-ball as a game, inasmuch as there are no long delays from fouls, and as skill rather than brute force is necessary in order to play well. The popularity it has met with wherever it has been introduced...