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Word: clean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gain through the centre. Yale should have played a kicking game in the first half, when the wind was favorable, and should have tried the ends instead of the centre in the last ten minutes. As for the fluke by which Dean secured the ball and ran down a clean field, the only explanation is that he broke through and touched the ball as it was leaving Barbour's fingers, changed its course and was lucky enough to pick it up on the bound while he was running at full speed. The ball did not touch either of the Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Report of the Game. | 11/26/1890 | See Source »

...both rushing strongly; they keep their feet well, and Mowry especially is a very deceptive dodger. Kell seldom fails to get his foot on the ball when it is passed back to be kicked, no matter how closely he is pressed. The tackling of the whole team is hard, clean and sure; they have a knack of bringing their man to the ground the moment they get hold of him. The ends and both half-backs can be relied upon to stop all efforts to send men around the ends unless the blocking is unusually good. The game which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Today's Football Game. | 11/4/1890 | See Source »

...team was bunched well forward to force it ahead; Burgess put it in play, and passed it to Lake. The latter dropped the ball, and before he could recover it, Crocker, who had broken through a weak spot in the line somewhere, picked it up, and with a perfectly clean field before him had no difficulty in scoring a touch-down in just a half minute after play began. Cutler kicked the goal. Score, 6-0 for Amherst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 10/13/1890 | See Source »

Ninety-four you have a name to make for yourself and at the same time you must keep up the reputation of the last three freshman classes. Begin by beating Yale at football and then try to have a clean record of victories in your other sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/13/1890 | See Source »

Hallowell started the game off by striking out, but Frothingham sent, the ball to right for two bases. Johnson's sacrifice sent him to third, where he was left, as Trafford filed out to Fox. Bliss struck out; Harvey who followed with a clean hit to left and was the only man on Yale's team able to find the ball. Trafford's misjudgment of Hallowell's throw-in sent Harvey to second, where he was left, as Jackson flied out to Hallowell and Every struck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base Ball. | 6/16/1890 | See Source »

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