Word: lose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...weak point of the freshman eleven is its defensive work and the men must improve a great deal in this respect if they wish to defeat U. of P. next Saturday. The centre men allow themselves to be carried off their feet frequently and if they do get low lose all sight of the play. The tackles are continually drawn out and the opposing team makes its biggest gains through tackle and guard...
Neither team gained much advantage for the rest of the half, though '97 continued to play the most aggressive game, hammering away at the freshman line, only to lose the ground again by Dibblee's punting. When time was finally called the ball happened to be in ninety-seven's territory...
...impulsive and not regularly good. When it was absolutely necessary for the team to brace, then Brown could never gain an inch, and her runners were generally thrown backward; but this sort of play did not keep up as it should, and a few such moments of laxity might lose the game against Harvard. The same thing can be said of the offence. When the players really settled down to hard work and rushed at Brown's defence with the dash of which they are capable, the gain was seldom less than five yards, and generally more. We sincerely hope...
...could be analyzed scientifically they would cease to be morals, because the conscience will only be obeyed when it speaks mysteriously. Education has taught the value of precision and accuracy, but it should never lead us to expect precision in the higher life. Lessing says, "He who does not lose his reason at times has no reason to lose." He who ceases to be led by emotions which he cannot understand, ceases to be a man: God satisfies the understanding by passing beyond...
Hopkinson's then got the ball by several long runs, on ninety-eight's two yard line where they lose it. In the second half the playing was almost entirely in the centre of the field, neither goal being at any time in danger...