Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...trying to make journalists of them. I understand that in every case the experiment failed. Many college graduates have been found wanting, when tested, in those qualities which make the successful newspaper man. An early battle with the world often brings out in a young man that degree of "push," quick judgment and self-reliance which make him more likely to succeed as a reporter than one who has spent all his life in the study of books...
...great Universities. Sherrill, Sherman, Berger, Harmer and Coxe, who took prizes at Mott Haven last season, are still in college, although Coxe will not enter unless it is absolutely necessary. Sherrill will undoubtedly win the 100-yards dash, although Rogers of Harvard will be a close second and push him for first place. Sherrill and Robinson both have a fair chance in the 220-yard dash, but neither is a sure winner against Wells of Harvard and Banks of Columbia...
...quarter-mile run Yale is weak, and the race will lie between Banks, of Columbia, who holds the world's record at that distance, and Wells, of Harvard, who is remarkably fast and will push Banks very closely for first place. In the half-mile run, too, Yale is pretty weak, and unless some new man turns up this event will go to Cogswell, of Harvard, who was entered in the fall games last year, or Faries, of the U. of P. Both of these men are strong runners at that distance and the winner will have to make good...
...their line in front of their runner, and as he comes forward to open his path by turning away from one another at the instant he comes, the abuse of such tactics is wrong, and it never is, and never can be, good foot-ball to not only push and drag rushers out of the way, but even to butt, seize and pull to one side ends and halves who are running across to tackle. It is no exaggeration to say that this is, even now, not the exception, but almost the custom, in spite of the rulings...
...inner side of the cross-walk. The freshmen then march along the sidewalk and are rushed into the street by the sophomores. The freshmen then regain the walk and go along by the side of the fence hand over hand. The sophomores pull them away from here and again push them into the street, taking care meanwhile, to remove their shirts if possible. The juniors then rescue the freshmen and take them a little farther along and give them another grasp on the fence. This goes on until the sophomores have reached a position along the fence so that...