Word: snap
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Tobogganing has taken a new lease of life, thanks to the recent cold snap...
...Columbia men were middle-weight. At the sound of the pistol, Both teams fell like lead to the floor, with Columbia slightly in the advantage. For an instant the red ribbon at the middle of the rope failed to budge, and then it just peered out of the snap on the Columbia side. At the end of the first minute Columbia had just about half an inch, and, although the City of New York's boys pulled sturdily, and their friends shouted for them unremittingly, the fifth minute ended with the Columbias 11 inches to the better...
...once thrown. Piper makes a long rush of thirty-five yards, and Perry gains fifteen yards but Yale gets the ball at length about the middle of the field. Wurtemburg gets through the rush-line but is stopped by Perry who throws him with a vicious snap. Morrison kicks a beautiful low kick which Sears only gets twenty yards from our line. In a few moments Yale gets the ball again, and just how it is done no one seems to know, but there is a very pretty rush of twenty-five yards made and Yale has a touch-down...
...work, while Piper was very conspicuous by his tackling in the first half and his running in the second. Right through the whole team, the men played well and with an evident determination not to be frightened by Yale's reputation. The result was that they took all the snap out of the Yale freshmen who were forced to play a defensive game from the beginning...
...Porter made a touchdown. Another goal. Technology made a safety, and just before time was called Woodman made a touchdown, from which there was not time to kick a goal. Score, 24 to 0. The second half showed a marked improvement. The fellows braced up, and played with more snap, and the work in the centre was quick and good. The result was a better looking score. Porter was playing in great shape, and time and again he carried the ball almost to the Technology line, knocking off the Technology rushers in great shape. Holden, too, was running well. Harding...