Word: catching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...paralleled at last. Yes, the youth then were more mature and (individually) they wore Indian blankets, made by the Bay State Mills, in chapel; and there then prevailed "a high, keen, intellectual energy among us all." But why continue such quotations? No true Harvard student can fail to catch the latent sneer so carelessly concealed...
...ball was worked down the field a little way. Porter tried to catch the ball on the bounce with the result that Sears had to drop on the ball to save it. By hard luck Fletcher passed the ball to the referee instead of to the halfback. Wesleyan's ball. Harding stopped the next rush, and a minute later Holden got through the line and caught the ball. He ran the length of the field making a touch-down, from which Woodman kicked a goal. The ball soon got into Harvard's hands again, and Faulkner made a pretty rush...
...muffed the ball, and Wesleyan got it again on our ten yard line. They worked the ball from there to within six feet of our line; but here Harvard got the ball and Porter kicked fair, giving Wesleyan the ball twenty yards from our goal. Holden got a fair catch and made rather a wild pass to Butler, who muffed the ball; Harding, however, got it. Porter got in a long kick up the field, which the full-back fumbled, and before he could recover himself, Holden caught him, and threw him heavily. There was another hole in our rush...
MILE RUN.Webster, '87, 75 yards; Hale, '88, scratch; Davenport, '90, 100 yards; Gorham, '90, 100 yards. Hale did not start quite fast enough, and though he spurted pluckily at the finish, he was unable to catch Davenport, who won in 4 minutes 45 seconds. Hale was second in 4 minutes 49 seconds...
...half-backs have a great fondness for letting the ball bounce before they catch it, instead of taking it on the fly, a proceeding which costs them much time and ground. They still fumble a great deal and do not judge a high punt well, especially if there is any wind. They are very leisurely about getting under way when they start to run, and they do not back up each other. None of the backs are remarkable for the accuracy of their drop kicks in a game; though Porter has once kicked a goal from the field. In spite...