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Word: overruns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tackle and guard. The ends, which were supposed to be the weakest point in Harvard's line, proved unexpectedly strong, and time and again while trying to circle Harvard's ends the Yale's backs were thrown for a loss. The ends of both elevens were apt to overrun the backs on punts, but this fault also was due to the condition of the gridiron. The tackles and guards at first let Yale's backs through for frequent gains, but towards the end sized up their opponents' play and held for downs in good shape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD FRESHMEN WIN. | 11/22/1897 | See Source »

...defensive as well as the offensive. At centre, Kasson played a brilliant game and in running down the field on kicks frequently tackled the runner before the ends. At the ends, Shaw and Whitney played a steady game, though there was a slight tendency for both to overrun the backs on punts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD FRESHMEN WIN. | 11/8/1897 | See Source »

Whether the weather be favorable or not, however, one thing is certain, that the College will be overrun with visitors, as seldom before. Not only will large numbers of graduates be present, but it is to be hoped and expected that many Yale men will take the opportunity to stay over a day or two with friends in Cambridge. Any means therefore which can be devised for entertaining visitors next week will be well worth carrying out. The Glee Club concert is a step in the right direction, and we can only regret that owing to the lack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/5/1897 | See Source »

This plan does not, however, receive support at Oxford. The Oxford Magazine says that the result of this postgraduate study would be "that we shall be overrun with foreign persons introducing their strange ideas of society, and any further advance in that direction would certainly be regretted in after years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Post-Graduate Work in English Universities. | 4/13/1894 | See Source »

leaving the interference. The ends overrun their man on a kick and generally miss him, while opposing teams flnd little difficulty in breaking through the lines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/21/1893 | See Source »

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