Word: pell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said as yet of the new men trying for the team; it is too early to state anything certain in regard to their chances for the eleven. McClung and Morrison, half-backs on the Exeter team last year, are doing very good work behind the line, and Pell, '92, Funk, '92, and Moyle, '91, are showing up well on the rush line. Captain Corbin is doing his best to develop a winning team, and giving the candidates hard and careful practice...
...Yale freshman navy has elected the following officers: Swayne, '92, president; Weyerhauser, '91, S., vice-president; Hoyt, '92, and Walker, '91, S., treasurers. The class foot-ball officers are Pell, '92, president; Pearce, '91, S., vice-president; Sturtevant, '91, S., and Kellar, '90, treasurers. They will get an eleven in training as quickly as possible, and will challenge Harvard...
...street and halt opposite the sophomore fence, their impatience increases, and scarcely has the final cheer been given when the word "Break ranks," is heard, and an indiscriminate rush for their precious fence ensues; the first, in their eagerness to sit upon the coveted fence are thrown pell-mell over the other side, and a struggling mass contests for the honor of being the first seated, fully five minutes elapsing before order is restored...
...machine which depends upon the slightest move of that one man. Would any American player give up the beautiful play which results from this feature - the throws to the halves - the short passes to rushers - the quick kicks by the quarter himself, and take in its place the pell-mell pushing, hacking and butting of the English scrummage...