Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...must be remembered, in considering what the Committee saw, that the players were all college students, presumably gentlemen, and were playing in public...
...Denniston then pointed out that the referee often would not disqualify single instances of unfair play that he saw, knowing such to be only a small part of what went on behind his back, and was hence in a false position. Division of labor among several referees was the true solution; let this be proposed to Yale, if they adopt it well and good; but if not, then let the game be stopped at Harvard. Mr. Williams thought that playing had improved in tone this year, and that the stronger public opinion of the present would uphold and carry through...
...Knowing this they felt called upon to show their thanks in a more marked way than by the repetition of prayers, and so. like the pilgrims of old, they set out on a pilgrimage. Now those who were fortunate enough to behold these Three Important Persons saw a strange sight. First came the Chair Man (so called because he carried on his back a camp stool) wheeling and circling in graceful curves along the roadside upon a bicycle of wonderful make. Behind him came the second of this triumvirate, carefully measuring the above named circles, and reckoning the longitudinal distance...
Most of the Harvard men at the game with Yale congregated in the large barge that took our eleven to the grounds, and saw the play from that...
...Princeton's half of the field fully one-half if not over one-half of the time. For Princeton to score so much against such a team shows that she is indeed strong. Her team play on Saturday was simply perfect and passing something astonishing. Several times we saw the ball passed four and once six times. But that is not all; her rushers run and dodge splendidly while the running of her halfbacks is almost phenomenal. Of Moffat's kicking powers it is unnecessary to say anything...