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Word: ran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...William Hanner, Yale '90, ran two miles in 10m. 40 4-5s. Saturday, breaking the inter-collegiate record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/25/1886 | See Source »

Saturday afternoon the 'varsity went to Andover to play the home team and drew a bigger crowd than the annual Andover-Exeter game ever did. The Andover men played pluckily, tackled well and ran immensely, but Harvard was too heavy and skilful for them and they fared badly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 10/25/1886 | See Source »

...fall meeting of the Yale Athletic Association Wednesday, Sherman, '89, broke the Yale pole-vault record by half an inch, clearing 10 ft., 114 inches. Sherrill ran the 220 yards dash in 23 1-2 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/22/1886 | See Source »

...team a good example, was fully as bad, if not worse than the rest of the men in this respect, time and time again jumping way up in the air in order to tackle a man not as tall as himself, and one who ducked as he ran. The result was bad. During the first half hour Stevens had the lower goal and the wind against them, so that they found it necessary to play a running game almost entirely, while Harvard, whose duty and intention it was to rely on their kicking for this half, did little but fumble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 10/18/1886 | See Source »

...Harding and Porter carried the ball down to the Stevens' line, and Fletcher made a touchdown. The try for goal failed, the ball going sideways across the field, and Fletcher made another touchdown from which no goal was kicked. Porter got the ball from the kick-out and ran it back almost to the line, when Fletcher carried it across again. No goal, the ball being kicked fair where Stevens got it. When they next lined up, Smith got through and stopped a kick, and Remington dropping on the ball, made another touchdown. No goal. When the ball was kicked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 10/18/1886 | See Source »

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