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Word: streight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...easily scored a goal. For the rest of the first three quarters the contest was intensely exciting, Princeton's kicking and Harvard's tackling and running keeping the ball in the very centre of the field. Eight minutes from the close the Princeton half-back kicked the ball almost streight up, and Mason, darting forward on the full run, took the ball in the midst of the crowd of Princeton rushers before it reached the ground and started down the field. Man after man was out-run and out-dodged until the ball was carried over the line...

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

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