Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first half of the Princeton-Harvard game it was an even thing-the sky was blue, the sun shone, the Harvard cannon boomed and everything was lovely-everybody was happy and cried, "The finest game of foot ball ever seen!" The second half, the sky clouds and lowers, the sun disappears the cannon ceases to boom, and the complaints of slugging, unfair play, and Ames resound and increase with Princeton's score, till at the close Princeton is pronounced a brute, a knave, a liar. The Princeton players were, heavier men and older men than Harvard and could stand...
Tremont Theatre.- Annie Pixley in 22 Second Floor...
Tremont Theatre.- Annie Pixley in 22 Second Floor...
...Shooting club won its second victory over Yale at Springfield on Saturday in a closely contested match. The conditions of the match were fifteen bluerocks and fifteen clay pigeons for each man. As no bluerocks could be obtained it was found necessary to substitute keystone birds. The strange birds and, the high wind which was blowing during the first part of the match materially affected the shooting at the beginning...
...birds first and chose the keystones. In the first round Yale secured a lead of one bird and kept it until the third round when Harvard rallied and gained six birds over her opponents. The third round closed the first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds in the second round was offset by an equal loss in the third and the match closed...