Word: behind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the seven years that the Rugby game has been played, says a Yale letter, Harvard has never put the ball over Yale's cross bar and Princeton has only touched the ball behind Yale's goal once and secured one goal from the field...
...cause of the dissolution of the company. a large fire in Boston was the occasion of great rejoicing among the students. They were always warmly welcomed but it is doubtful if their assistance was very valuable. Wearied with their labors in fighting the flames, they were accustomed to leave behind them their engine which was generally sent out to Cambridge soon afterwards by the authorities in Boston. The favorite beverage at tires was rum and molasses, called blackstrap, which is often referred to in the college papers of that...
...Jamaica Plain to Chestnut Hill reservoir. Here Mr. Matthewson and Mr. Norton made up their handicap but again the scent was lost and the other hounds caught up again. The hounds just beyond the reservoir broke for home. Norton led till beyond Allston with Matthewson and Slocumb just behind. It was then so dark that it was unsafe to spurt so as it was impossible for the handicapped men to gain twenty seconds on Mr. Slocumb and forgetting there was a third prize it was resolved to ride in together. Mr. Matthewson led at the finish by a few inches...
...down!" Every one knew he was down; there was not any doubt about that. Then they let him up and the two sides formed in lines on each side of the ball. A Wesleyan man put his foot on the ball and with a sudden motion rolled it out behind him. It was seized by a Wesleyan who had been waiting and he tossed it back to another one behind him. This man kicked the ball with all his might far up among the Princeton men. All hands flashed away after it. A Princeton man got it, picked...
...Moseley Harrier. A clipping spurt on the part of the last-named nearly brought him to Cowie's shoulder, the L. A. C. man. to our thinking, just breaking the worsted first by about six inches. The flat, however, was a dead heat. Philips finished third, a yard behind. It was subsequently arranged that Cowie and Ritchie should settle the question at Birmingham. Time 10 1-4 s. Conflicting rumors as to the state of Cowie's health have been prevalent for some time past. We must admit that he hardly looked in his usual trim. Page-Philips striped short...