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Word: slip-up (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1882-1882
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...them from defeat. Their tackling was perfect, and the activity showed by the rushers in getting down on the ball called for much applause from the crowd. Things were looking rather dubious for Harvard, but the team did not relax in the slightest, and when Peace made his only slip-up, just eight minutes before the close, Ayers threw himself on the ball and secured it for Harvard. Both sides lined out, and Kendall receiving the ball from the quarter-back carried it directly in front of the poles. Appleton snapped the ball to Hammond who carried it forward five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 11/20/1882 | See Source »

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