Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Wesleyan made a safety touchdown. Score 16-0. Wesleyan kicked from the twenty-five yard line. Sears returned well, and just as Slayback caught the ball Cumnock downed him just behind the goal line, scoring the second safety against Wesleyan. Wesleyan kicked and Sears returned, and Slayback had a fair catch on the twenty-yard line. Porter returned his kick, and Trafford, in attempting to keep the ball from rolling over the line, slipped and knocked it across. Cranston stopped Wesleyan's kick from the 25-yard line and Finlay dropped on the ball. Rushes by Sears, Porter, Trafford...
...Temple. The hall was closely packed; the audience consisting largely of ladies, Harvard graduates and students. At precisely eight o'clock the doors behind the stage opened, and amid deafening cheers the procession of speakers vice-presidents and executive committee marched on to the stage, the Cadet Band playing "Fair Harvard." It was some time before the applause subsided, and Mr. G. R. Nutter introduced the presiding officer, Colonel Charles R. Codman, who received an enthusiastic Harvard cheer. Colonel Codman said that in 1860 it was the young men who as Republicans came forward to save their country...
...yards. Graves made a kick which Sears fumbled; Poore fell on the ball and passed to Sears who rushed ten yards. The ball went to Exeter on a fumble. Graves made a kick which Poore fumbled and Exeter dropped on the ball. Morse gained five yards. Poore got a fair catch from Graves' kick, and the ball was passed to Dean who gained fifteen yards. Sears gained five yards and the ball went to Exeter on four downs. Graves lost five yards and then kicked. Harvard's ball on Harvard's 25-yard line. Poore kicked and Cranston...
...ball down still in Harvard territory when it went to Harvard in four downs. The ball was given to Exeter on account of a foul tackle by Cumnock but was returned to Harvard for the off-side play of Erskine. Poore made a kick which Exeter caught fair. Traffora stopped Exeter's kick from the fair and dropped on the ball. Fitzhugh carried the ball forward ten yards when it was lost on Sears' fumble. Cranston stopped the kick of the Exeter full-back but did not get the ball, which was now down on Exeter's 5-yards line...
...spirit of dreading to pit oneself against a better player for fear of being beaten is entirely out of place here. However, those who have entered seem determined to struggle hard for the championship, and as the courts are now in prime condition and the weather promises to be fair for a few days at least, the games will probably be interesting and exciting throughout...