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Word: contestant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...kicking contest was indefinitely postponed yesterday afternoon since several of the best kickers were unable to enter the contest on account of injuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kicking Contest Postponed. | 10/24/1900 | See Source »

...prize kicking contest which was postponed from last spring will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Soldiers Field. Three silver cups will be offered for punting, drop kicking and place kicking. The contest will be conducted by the coaches, and accuracy quickness, height, placing and distance will all be considered. The cups will be the property of the winners, and similar cups will be offered again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kicking Contest Today. | 10/23/1900 | See Source »

...first half was given up almost entirely to a punting contest between Daly and Mifflin. Daly gained some ground but Gierasch's fumble of a punt lost it again. Near the end of the half a forty yard run by Kendall took the ball to the twenty-five yard line, but the chance to score was lost by a fumble. Soon after the second half began, a fair catch gave Kendall a chance for a goal from the field from the forty-five yard line, but the ball went too low and was blocked. Several exchanges of punts ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRACTICE LACKS LIFE | 10/23/1900 | See Source »

...Field nearest the Locker Building will be used, one for each section. Thus, as only two teams from each section will play on one day, each individual team will have at least one day to rest between games. In two weeks the preliminary games will be over. The final contest will come about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scrub Football Announcement. | 10/17/1900 | See Source »

...teams from Tufts and Bowdoin; the Sophomore club will meet a team from the Young Men's Congress of Boston; the Freshmen club will meet teams from Worcester and Exeter Academies. Some time after the mid-years there will be Senior-Junior and Sophomore-Freshman debates and a final contest between the winning teams to decide the class championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Debating System. | 10/15/1900 | See Source »

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