Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Wesleyan beat Williams in foot-ball on Saturday by 21 points...
...game of foot-ball announced for yesterday at the Polo Grounds, New York, between Princeton and Columbia, was postponed on account of rain...
...Princeton freshmen eleven beat the Columbia freshmen at foot-ball Thursday, at Princeton by a score of 10 goals and 5 touchdowns...
...means of the instantaneous system of photography the lecturer had obtained a series of views of a moving horse, which gave correctly every attitude, and which have settled conclusively many vexed questions. It was clearly shown that in walking a horse touches the ground with his left lateral hind foot, left lateral fore foot, right lateral hind foot and right lateral fore foot, in the order named. Two and sometimes three feet in the walk and amble are always on the ground. In the trot, rack, canter and run the horse in certain positions does not touch the ground...
...right ear and two Princeton men jumped on him. He yelled "down!" Every one knew he was down; there was not any doubt about that. Then they let him up and the two sides formed in lines on each side of the ball. A Wesleyan man put his foot on the ball and with a sudden motion rolled it out behind him. It was seized by a Wesleyan who had been waiting and he tossed it back to another one behind him. This man kicked the ball with all his might far up among the Princeton men. All hands flashed...