Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard line. Here it stayed without any important change of position until a long punt by B. Hodge and a fumble by Beecher resulted in a Princeton man touching the Yale goal line with his feet as he lay upon the ground embracing the ball. For 15 minutes the contest waxed warm at this point, but Yale stood firm and played in such steady form that no touch-down was scored against her. At last, much to the relief of Yale supporters, Beecher's little frame was seen to worm his way through the Princeton rush line, and carry...
...long and so earnestly preached, we now propose to practice; and we trust that our esteemed contemporaries, the Lampoon and Advocate, will aid us in our attempt, by putting in the field the best players they can get from their editorial boards, and by pressing forward in the contest for the inter-press foot-ball championship with the interest and the energy that have always characterized their labors in other fields. We will say here that, of course, we do not ourselves aspire to first place; for we wish to avoid the merest possibility of having flung...
...beat the referee, attempts which happily did not succeed. The vigorous remarks of the '86 captain to his opponents on the subject of closing their conversation were highly edifying, considering the fact that the former was not particularly noticeable for his own reticence in various subjects connected with the contest. Let us hope that in the coming game with '88 the team will act a little more as Harvard students are supposed to act and less like something else...
...particularly interesting. But the playing of the singles, although at times rather loose and showing a tendency of some of the players to get rattled, gave a chance for some brilliant plays. There was awarded a first prize for singles, a first and second prize for doubles. The contest resulted as follows: Singles, first prize, Miss H. J. Wells, '87; doubles, first prize, Miss Thayer, '89, and Miss H. J. Wells, '87; second prize, Miss Munger, '86, and Miss Severance...
...anticipation of a close a d exciting contest between '87 and '88, nearly 800 spectators gathered on Jarvis yesterday afternoon. Had it not been for the strong west wind which blew across the field, no better condition of weather could have been wished. Before the game the sophomores were generally expected to win, and were strongly backed by their friends. The styles of play of the two teams were in sharp contrast. '88 relied almost entirely upon her half-backs to play a rushing game, while eighty-seven trusted to the long kicks of her half-backs and the rushing...