Word: skirmishes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...referce having been chosen from among the spectators, the ball was "set," to use their expression, and the elevens lined up, the reds having the west end and the wind. The contest began with a lively rush and skirmish on the right flank of the reds, until a long drawn "d-ow-n" from the bottom of a pile of ebony rushers ended it and the men pulled themselves off. The quarter-backs were so good and the blocking so steady, that the side which had the "down" usually lost many yards before another halt was made. "Line up, Charley...
While the police were attempting to arrest some Yale students who were creating a disturbance at the New Haven Opera House, Tuesday night, a party of Yale men interfered and for a while a lively skirmish lasted. The police were finally victorious...
OXFORD has a Rifle Corps, and this Rifle Corps has had an exciting skirmish with muckers in the town. If the H. R. C. had done something of this kind, it would have at least made itself useful, and perhaps might have become a more popular institution...