Word: broken
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...allowed by the faculty to play in New York on thanksgiving Day the game should take place in New Haven. Princeton failed to get the desired permission, but is allowed to play on the Polo Grounds, New York, next Saturday. Now Yale says the agreement has been broken, and they are bound to have the game at New Haven. There is no doubt that, acting strictly by the letters of the agreement, Yale has the right of the question, yet what possible difference it can make to Yale whether they play in New York on Thanksgiving or four or five...
Every American amateur and professional bicycle record has been broken during...
...Albany, N. Y., on Friday last, Allen of Troy is said to have broken the record for 100 yards, having made it in 9 3-5 seconds...
...Thomas, '88, has broken a tendon in his leg and will not play foot-ball again this year...
...great a test of endurance as the men who contested the various events. A strong north-east wind blew acoss the field, and prevented the runners from making fast records. The track, however, was in excellent condition, and had the weather been more favorable, records would doubtless have been broken. The number of entries was unusually large, and many of the events were closely contested...