Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contains verses in a light vein, intended, as the author says, for busy people who have not the time to create fancies for themselves. If the purpose alone be considered, the book might be called successful. The verses are written in an offhand manner, with sometimes careless metre. The point usually turns on some modern "gag," but some of the verses touch a serious chord, while many have a note of sweetness...
...conditions are favorable, the team will leave Boston on the 9 o'clock train. The time of playing and other particulars are not yet known. The line-up of the Harvard team will be the same as in the Brown game: Forwards, Beardsell, Matteson, Goodridge, and Hardy or Holt; point, Stevens; cover point, Clement or Hoxie; goal, Russell...
...that Yale should in turn row Cornell on Yale's waters and also in Yale's own race with Harvard. Everyone earnestly wished to see this second trial of strength brought about, but it was felt that it must not be done if it involved future obligations. This very point has come up, however, and has put an end to the negotiations, much to the regret of Yale, although every Yale man may feel that it was the only possible course for us to adopt...
...rush the ball toward the opposite goal in accordance with the rule to keep on side and to make no forward passes. They can be in line or move one behind the other as the Brown team did in the game which they won on Wednesday. The coverpoint and point correspond to halfbacks and there is goal tender as in the other game...
...must be now submitted to the seven universities which united in appointing the committee. Alterations in the rules are less sweeping than many expected. The vital change is that radically altering the present system of scoring. The goal after a touchdown is fixed to count for only one additional point, the drop kick for four, the place kick for three and the safety...