Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...contesting teams were as follows: Exeter-Back, Irvine; half-backs, Holden and Warren; quarter-back, Clement; forwards, Herrick, Gill, Moulton, Gins, Pike, Peters and Harding...
...fall games of the N. Y. Athletic Club. Myers, who announced his intention of breaking his best-on record for the quarter (48 3-5) and the half (1:55 3-5), failed to do so. Though heavily handicapped he won in both, time 49 3-5 and 1:58. F. L. Coolidge, Princeton, was second in the half off the 30 yards mark. Bueckberner threw the 56 pound weight 25ft. 11-2in., thus beating the record, and F. P. Murray walked a mile in the best time on record in the world for amateurs...
Wesleyan, forwards, Smith, Gordy, Wilcox, Hawkins, Blaine, Abbott, Thompson ; quarter-back, Upham ; half-backs, Saxe and Beattys ; back, Judd. Referee, Mr. Knapp of Yale, umpire for Harvard Mr. Clark...
...well done by Messrs. Baker, Trask and Coolidge and produced good finishes in every case. The weather was chilly and toward the end of the programme it began to drizzle uncomfortably. It is therefore to the great credit of Mr. W. H. Goodwin, Jr., that he made a quarter of a mile in 51 4-5 sec.; especially as the track was only dirt and very heavy at that. It was hard enough however to hold running spikes fairly well...
...last race of the day, the quarter mile, was run while the jumping was going on. It was well contested and as regards time was by far the best race of the day. The starters were Mr. W. H. Goodwin, Jr. '84, quarter (51 1-5) and half mile (2.02), intercollegiate champion, on scratch and Mr. G. M. Ashe'87 on the 28 yds. mark. Ashe ran most easily and fast, goodwin not beginning to gain tell half way up the back stretch. Coming down the straight it looked as if it would be a very close race, but Goodwin...