Word: gain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ball was taken back to the other half of the field and the first team confined itself to a kicking game. Sprague was doing the kicking, and Pierce the on-side kicking for the first team; while Minot and Kennard punted for the second. The second team could not gain; they played a loose and ragged game, so that, although they kicked every time, the first team worked the ball well into their opponents territory. Twice or three times the first team was in a position to score, only to be called back by the coaches. Then the coaches went...
...elementary principles of many objects. It requires a mastery of something, acquired by continuous application. Every student ought to know in some subject what the ultimate sources of opinion are, and how they are handled by those who profess it. Only in this way is he likely to gain the solidity of thought that begets sound thinking. In short, he ought, so far as in him lies, to be both broad and profound...
Newman again kicked off for Bowdoin, G. G. Browne running outside on the 32-yard line. In ten plays, one a forward pass to G. G. Browne which netted eight yards, and a twelve yard gain by P. D. Smith, the ball was put on Bowdoin's 22-yard line. Frothingham had been substituted for Corbett, who hurt his foot slightly, and now Huntington replaced Houston at left end. O'Flaherty dropped back to try a drop-kick which missed the goal by a few feet. Bowdoin put the ball in play on the 25-yard line. The first three...
Yale defeated Syracuse last Saturday by the score of 15-0, showing great improvement in every department of the game. Syracuse was unable to make any steady gain, while Yale used both straight football and the forward pass to good advantage...
...with R. C. Brown in place of G. G. Browne at right end, and Frothingham in place of Corbett at left half. McKay kicked off to the goal line and Cummings ran the ball back to the 18-yard line. Bates tried two double passes for a 5-yard gain. Keaney sent an onside kick outside on Bates's 39-yard line. Frothingham gained five yards. Huntington replaced Houston. Smith took the ball in the next six plays and was sent over the line directly between the goal posts. McKay missed an easy goal. Before the next kick...