Word: drop
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...began to tell upon his health. Despite this there was no end to his activity, and he daily visited scenes of poverty, and homes of trouble, till his sensitive nature was broken. And even at the end, when not himself, he was conscientious and gallant to the last drop; he paid all his debts, gave directions to those under him, and then when everything was settled, he boarded the Fall River boat, after which he was never seen again...
There was a large number of candidates, eleven out of a possible twenty-six; last year there were only six. The first man to score from the 25 yard line was Oppenheim. Russell, Brewer and Trafford each kicked two out of three drop kicks from this distance, and Oppenheim, Corbett, and Eddy scored once. Of the place kicks from the 30 yard line Mackie kicked all three; Brewer, Russell, and Eddy each two and Corbett one. The scoring when these two distances had been kicked was as follows: Russell and Brewer led with a score of 8, Mackie and Eddy...
Each competitor will have three trials from each of the 25, 35, and 45 yard lines, these to be drop kicks; and three trials at place kicks from each of the 30, 40, and 50 yard lines. Successful kicks from the 25 and 30 yard lines will count two points each, those from the 35 and 40 yard lines three points, and those from the 45 and 50 yard lines five points...
...throw him the blue-legged rushers threw themselves at him with all their might, and just as he caught the ball he was hurled to the ground with irresistable force. It was evident that the Yale men had decided that the chances of disabling him or forcing him to drop the ball were worth the 5 yards which they were sure to lose by this play...
Cambridge dropped the ball on the V, and Ingalls got it, scoring another touchdown. Again Cambridge tried to rush the ball, but was forced to kick. Worden stopped it, and Stevenson made a gain of thirty yards. Arnold carried it over, for the third touchdown. Cambridge managed to drop the ball again, and Clarke was after it. Ingalls made a good gain, and Arnold scored again, making a beautiful run around the right...