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...wide space below, which runs round the body of the cup, are morning glories and leaves raised in silver, the leaves being left blank for the inscriptions of the names of winning teams and players from year to year. At some distance below this is an imitation of a ribbon in repose work, which runs around the cup and twines about the handles, and on which are the names of the donors. The cup rests on four lions' claws in heavy silver, and in each claw is a tiny foot-ball...
...almost a foregone conclusion. In spite of this fact, however, the '89 team pulled very pluckily. The senior team got the drop by one quarter of an inch, and soon pulled away an inch or so more. Balch caught Perry as he came down to heave and the ribbon was six inches on the '88 side. Perry, by skillful handling of the rope and by the plucky work of the team, succeeded in getting back all but an inch. The '88 team, however, pulled away three inches again, and when time was called the rope was four inches on their...
...were agreeably surprised at the plucky fight made by their team. At the word "heave" both teams dropped without either getting the advantage. '88 got an inch almost immediately. Litchfield's repeated heaves did not change the position of the ribbon. In the third minute Litchfield caught Balch napping and drew in two inches for '87. Balch, however, had his turn in the fifth minute, when he caught Litchfield who had to slip his knot. '88 won by 4 3-4 inches...
...during the 250th Anniversary. During that brief period of sweetness and light, enough good things were said about her and enough flattery was bestowed upon her to have turned the head of any less sensible old lady. But she only smoothed her dress a bit, put a new crimson ribbon on her cap, and blushed with modest pride...
...Percy Chase, 2; Franklin Remington, 3. The teams took hold of the rope, and waited for the pistol. When it popped, there was a heavy thud, as the eight men reached the floor exactly together. There was a mighty straining, and in two or three seconds the old ribbon showed to the advantage of Harvard; then it wavered, and as Columbia "heaved" it started to the blue side of the line. There was a chorus of orthographic shouts, but the red ribbon paused at the end of the first two inches, and immediately travelled back toward the crimson...