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Word: slow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman team beat the Cambridge High and Latin Schools eleven yesterday afternoon by a score of 22-6. The work on both sides was poor and the freshmen were very slow in lining up, getting through, and dropping on the rall. The tackling was something of an improvement over that of Saturday's game at Exeter. Ninety-three made four touchdowns from three of Brice kicked goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/29/1889 | See Source »

...Exeter the freshman eleven won a game which was loosely played on both sides. Exeter's game was especially unsteady, while the work of the freshmen at times was execrable. Their tackling could hardly have been poorer, while there was hardly any attempt at blocking off. The rushers were slow in dropping on the ball, but they got through well, and showed considerable snap. The half-backs played a fair rushing game, but their tackling also was high and anything but effective. Johnson as full-back played a fine rushing and kicking game, and he and Kendricken and Ellsworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard '93, 16; Exeter, 10. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...master shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic association, before each meeting. He shall carry a whistle or horn, and in a slow hunt shall control the actions of the pack by the following signals: by blowing once to stop, and twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags, sufficient to last the lenth of the run, and in both fast and slow hunts, shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish. Should three quarters of the hounds enter a protest against the manner in which the scent was laid, the hares shall not receive prizes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

...both fast and slow hunts, the hares shall have selected their course before hand, and during the run must at all times keep together...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

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