Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This board will be set up before the covered stand on 'Varsity Athletic Field and will be managed by Mr. Arthur Irwin, director of the company. The board, which is in the form of a miniature football gridiron, is equipped with a dial football, so that every play is indicated and the name of every player is announced two minutes after the play is made in Cambridge...
ITHACA, N. Y., Oct. 2.- Cornell meets Syracuse University tomorrow on gridiron. The Ithacan's expect to give Syracuse a good drubbing as the 'varsity practice this week has been mostly spent in lively offensive work, the hardest thus far this season...
Joseph B. Stannard is also one of the possibilities for guard or tackle. He was prepared at Colgate Academy. His football experience is limited, last year being his first on the gridiron. He weighs 200 pounds, is 5 feet 10 inches in height, and 22 years...
...final season of hard practice on the Princeton gridiron began yesterday. The overtrained men returned last night from the Delaware Water Gap and all the players were out on the field except Baird. Baird is reported to be threatened with water on the knee, but it is hoped he will be out in a few days. Otherwise the men seem to be in good condition, except, of course, Captain Lea, who will not play this season again. The first half of today's practice was open to the students, but no one was allowed to see the second half...
...game is played on a field 160 feet wide and 120 feet long, marked by five-yard lines like a football "gridiron." The ball is put in play at the centre, and the object is to push it as far as possible into the opponents territory. If the ball is pushed over the back line, a goal is scored and counts five. If this is not done, one point is scored for every five yards that has been gained. If the ball is exactly on the centre when time is called, there is no score...