Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gymnasium. The unusually large number of men who presented themselves to try for positions was gratifying, but Harvard has especial need of a strong team this year. Yale came very near wresting the cup from us last lear, and judging from the present outlook she will make the contest even closer this spring. The men who won prizes for Yale are almost, without exception, still in college; while we have lost Baker, the winner of the 220 yards dash; and Bradley, Chamberlain, Smith and Wheeler, winners of second prizes. Two members of the last year's tug of war team...
Wright, '86, will probably contest in the mile-walk at the inter-collegiate games this year...
...great oratorical contest among the universities of the far west is said to be threatening the frontier...
...origin of college cheers may be traced to the boating contests of twenty-five years ago on Lake Quinsigamond between Harvard and Yale in the old fashioned sixes. The 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! was then first heard; that of Harvard rolled out with a full strong sound, while that of Yale was given sharply and defiantly. Although both cheers look the same in print, the similarity is more apparent than real. Anyone who has ever been present at an athletic contest between these rival Universities will have readily observed the difference between the cheers. In the Town and Gown affrays, which...
...serious injury. To quote one example, five out of the twenty-two men in the Harvard-Yale game had to retire from the field on account of their injuries. Faces were badly battered and bruises were the rule, not the exception. There is no fun in it for contestants, less, if anything for the spectators. In the modern Rugby game there is very little kicking done. The game consists chiefly of running with the ball. It is easy enough to see that kicking the ball will put it in possession of the other side, and therefore the ball is rushed...