Word: carelessness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princeton half-backs was injured in the leg and compelled to retire in favor of Toler. Moffat and Willard then had one of their kicking matches without appreciable result. Princeton, unable to gain in this way, resorted to their superior passing and rushing and made much headway. Harvard was careless and tackled poorly again, so that a Princeton rusher was through them and scored another touchdown ere they knew it. Hodge kicked the fourth goal, making the score...
...second time that the men went to work a change was noticeable. Trinity played with more life and not without skill. Harvard, grown careless by reason of the ease with which they had all their own way in the first inning, often fumbled, blocked poorly and allowed the Trinity men to get the ball in their possession too much. The first few minutes Phillips and Simpkins did all the work for Harvard and a touchdown resulted from the latter's brilliant dash across the line. No goal. Bemis then attempted to make a pass to Simpkins but a Trinity...
...passing of our men was at times brilliant and at other times careless. The men followed the ball well and were almost always there, an improvement over former days. Little tackling was done as the Trinity men seldom had the ball. In the second inning Keith broke his nose and his place was taken by Homans. The teams were : Trinity-Rushers, Miller, (capt.) Rodgers, Child, Cameron, Hurd, Hayes, - ; quarterback, Thorne; halfbacks, Barber and Lobdell; full back, Miel. Harvard-Rushers, Simpkins, Phillips, Brooks, Winslow, Gilman, Thayer, Keith ; quarterback, Bemis : halfbacks, Kimball and Willard; fullback, Peabody. Referee, T. H. Cabot, '86. Umpire...
...must earn to score and in all future practice and all games hereafter particular attention ought to be given by the university eleven to this most important feature of the game. Loosing the ball after it has been carried close up to the opposite goal line, or making a careless punt out or kick for goal are altogether too common with our men and are the reasons why we so often fail to make a decent score when playing much the better game...
...substance that few care to use it. The consequence is that nearly everyone who wishes to reach the fields by this path walks on the grass by the side, and will soon tramp it down so that next spring the appearance of that part of the grounds will be careless and unfelt. We cannot blame the students for preferring soft grass to dusty gravel walks. The college authorities should have the paths watered and rolled so as to be fit for use and in this way prevent the passers-by from wearing down the grass...