Word: ducked
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Duck shooting is one of favorite past-times for Yale sophomores Saturday afternoons...
...PRAIRIE CHICKEN. B. MALLARD DUCK...
...hard, and keep in training, they have done duty, and no one has a right to find fault. They may have been told to tackle low or fall on the ball every day for two months, but that makes no difference. They shed what coaching they get as a duck sheds water. What foot ball at Harvard needs is, more time, thought, theory, and experiment by men who are competent to coach ; a public sentiment that shall make a big, strong man lose caste by refusing to come out and play ; and, above all, surbordination among the players, willingness...
...Pennsylvania clergyman is a pitcher in a base-ball nine. His gestures sometimes make the congregation duck their heads...
First round - Stebbins led off with his right hand, but Page escaped by a neat duck, but he tried it once more with good success and caught Page on the side of the head. Page led for stomach and head, but was forced to fight very wary to escape Stebbins' right, which was used with good effect. The round closed a little in favor of Stebbins...