Word: footing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...University Foot-Ball Eleven expects to play a match with an eleven composed of Graduates on Tuesday or Thursday of next week. The captain of the Eleven has challenged Princeton to a match, but they will be unable to play before the fall...
...water was very rough, and although the race was rowed, it hardly served to show which was the better crew of the two. The boats crossed the line at the finish full of water, and with their bows almost even, Wetmore's crew leading the other by perhaps a foot. Several of the crews which went down to see the race came to grief on account of the roughness of the water. In making their landing at the Union Boat House, the Holyoke four swamped, much to the discomfiture of the coxswain. The Freshman crew was swamped some distance from...
...MEETING of the Sophomore Class was held to-day, at 2 P. M., in M. U. Hall, to take action in regard to the foot-ball and base-ball challenges of the class of '77 at Yale...
...Foot-Ball Club are about to send to London for jerseys and stockings. They are to be black and gold striped. The price of jerseys will be eight shillings apiece, the stockings seven shillings per pair. All wishing to order at the same time can do so by leaving their names (with size of shirt and sock) at 35 M. before Wednesday, April...
...evening of the 18th of April, eight hundred British troops embarked at the foot of Boston Common. Among their number was Lieutenant Philippe d'Auvergne, Due de Bouillon. They landed at East Cambridge (in order to avoid being intercepted by the 'Port peelers).Two lanterns, hung from the steeple of the North Church, in Boston, telegraphed news of their movement across the river. The sexton who lighted the lanterns was afterwards arrested by the British at a funeral, and, upon examination, condemned to death. A threat of retaliation made by Washington procured his respite, and he was finally exchanged...