Word: fives
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...match was for the best three out of five and Niles and Dana won, but only by the margin of one set. The score by sets...
Dunlap kicked to Crocker, who ran the ball back twenty-five yards to the 35-yard line. Minot made two yards at centre, and Gilbert punted to Galatti, who was downed in the middle of the field. Jowett and Long netted seven yards on two tackle plays. Ver Wiebe failed to gain. Galatti's onside kick was recovered by Withington on the 25-yard line, and after a few line plays the ball was carried across the second's line for a touchdown. During the rest of the scrimmage the ball changed hands frequently, staying in the middle...
...shot for each fall and spring. The conditions under which the competition will be conducted have been regulated by the donor to the following effect: A competitor must be an undergraduate of good standing. Each competitor will hand in his score for ten strings of twenty-five birds, the best eight of which will count for the cup. The period in which the cup will be shot for is not to exceed three weeks. The winner will retain the cup until it is won by another competitor. The exact dates for the competition will be fixed by the officers...
...after the discovery of the balloon, Dr. Jeffries of Boston made an ascent for a scientific study of the atmosphere, and soon after crossed the English Channel in his balloon. As was found out after these experiments, the upper strata of the air at a distance of more than five or six miles from the earth, were both too cold and too rarefled for human beings. Mechanical contrivances for recording temperature and pressure were therefore devised and sent up in empty balloons. These were made of rubber which steadily expanded as it rose and finally exploded, forming a parachute that...
...twenty-five minute scrimmage yesterday afternoon the University team was scored on three times by the second. The defensive work was extremely poor. The second team was given the ball on the 30-yard line, and again twice on the 5-yard line, and succeeded in breaking through the first team's line each time for touchdowns. Great improvement was shown, however, on the offensive, the University team scoring twice. The playing was full of snap, partly due to the cold weather, and the plays went off quickly. To practice tis afternoon will be entirely secret...