Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact remains that there will be inter-collegiate contests of physical skill and strength. This conclusion is practically demonstrated, not only by the zeal in this behoof of undergraduates and sub freshmen, but by the enthusiasm of graduates and the intense interest which the public take in the affairs. Take the recent game between the two leading foot-ball teams. The New York papers say that the polo grounds never held so many or so wildly enthusiastic spectators; the return of the victors through the avenue on a coach called out the flutter of banners and choruses of cheers from...
...shared in the first of many victories in November, 1876. Since that time his efforts and wise counsel have always been at the service of the team. When he was in college he was not only an admirable player, but he dignified the game by infusing into it skill, strategy and generalship surprising those unacquainted with the facts. Many a glorious victory for the blue has been planned as carefully and thoroughly as a general plans a campaign. The second reason, somewhat akin to the first, is found in the hearty co-operation of old foot-ball players among...
...ball. He is undoubtedly the strongest man of the team, and his presence and playing always inspire the other players with vim and courage. When he was ordered to step aside and make room for another the Princeton boys lost courage and could not play with the usual skill and confidence. Cowan was ruled out for "foul tackling," and it is insisted he was not guilty of such action. Had he been allowed to remain in the game, it is contended, the Princeton boys would have won the day.- N. Y. Herald...
...that the track athletes have had an opportunity of exhibiting their skill and the results of their fall training, and have retired from the field with great credit and glory, our athletic interests all seem to converge towards the foot-ball team, and the tests of its strength and ability are observed with anxiety. The game with the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, was a great di-appointment to us all, although our team showed signs of improvement in certain branches of their work. The blocking was poor and the fumbling of the ball was something to be deplored...
room. The game calls for skill and stratagem instead of brutality and unnecessary roughness, for manly pluck and perseverance, instead of tit for-tat kicks and blows. Just here the writer urges the spectator uninformed as to the game not confound running tactics such as 'warding off' with blows. 'Warding off' never hurts the player, warded off, since by the rules the runner is not allowed to strike with closed fists. Professor Johnston remarks that the chief evil of the game is betting and urges the undergraduates 'to put down betting on the purely material side of the game-partly...