Word: tacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Incidentally, those janitors who are worrying about a few tack holes should remember that it is better to have holes in the wall than bullets in the head...
...edition, under the heading of 'Comment on Current Events in Sport,' we come upon an item on the same subject wherein we find the following paragraphs: 'Yale and Harvard have each appealed to the other to shorten the New London Classic; and now rowing followers explain Yale's new tack by pointing to the fact that Eli crews have been far from successful in recent years and that last June all three--'varsity, junior and freshman--were vastly, inferior to the Crimson shells.' I pass over the fact that during the last three years, under Coach Nickalls' administration, the Yale...
...paper, the eleven certainly looks stronger than hitherto; the line has lost 3 pounds in weight, now averaging 180, but to offset this slight decrease has gained somewhat in experience. The backfield is much stronger defensively, and should still maintain by far the greater part of its slashing at- tack in Brickley and Mahan. If things go well today, the shift will be permanent; if they do not further changes are likely to occur...
...string men. The game Saturday was distinctly a kicking contest and the work of the Harvard punters was very encouraging compared to that in the Maine game. The punts were not very long, but they were well placed and were high enough to give the ends, and frequently the tack, less and guards, time to get under them. If there was any one weakness that showed up clearly it was the inability of the substitute line-men to open up holes for the backs. Twice in the fourth periods Bates took the ball on downs...
...start was made at about 11.30 P. M., with the Phryne and the Dahinda taking the lead. On the tack toward the Long Island shore, the Phryne gained a slight lead. At about 2.30 o'clock both took a long board out into the sound again. At a point between Faulkner's Island and the Cornfield Point Lightship, the Edjacco crossed their bows. As the Phryne and the Dahinda tacked towards Long Island again, a shift of the wind enabled them to take the lead over the Edjacco. The latter was also passed by the Janet. This tack carried...